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ONE  WHO  DARES  TO  PLAN 

FOR  PEACE,  HAPPINESS  AND  PROSPERITY  FOR  ALL  HUMAN  BEINGS  ON  A  BASIS 
OF  JUSTICE  AND  RECIPROCITY,  AND  WHO  DEMANDS  THAT  EVERY  MAN 
AND  WOMAN  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES,  WILLING  TO  WORK  EIGHT 
HOURS  A  DAY  TO  THE  BEST  OF  THEIR  ABILITY,  SHALL 
HAVE  THE  RIGHT  TO  DO  SO  UNDER  THE  MOST 
FAVORABLE  CONDITIONS  POSSIBLE. 


dhaHes  WT  Cartel 


NEW  ERA 

II 


PRESENTING  THE  PLANS  FOR 

THE  NEW  ERA  UNION 

TO  HELP  DEVELOP  AND  UTIL¬ 
IZE  THE  BEST  RESOURCES  OF 
THIS  COUNTRY  jfc  j*  & 


ALSO  TO  EMPLOY  THE  BEST  SKILL  THERE  IS  AVAILABLE 
TO  REALIZE  THE  HIGHEST  DEGREE  OF  PROS¬ 
PERITY  THAT  IS  POSSIBLE  FOR  ALL 
WHO  WILL  HELP  TO 
ATTAIN  IT 

BASED  ON  PRACTICAL  AND  SUCCESSFUL 
BUSINESS  METHODS 


& 


OFFICE 

204  CALIFORNIA  BUILDING 
DENVER,  COLO. 


Copyrighted  hv  the  author, 

Chas.  W.  Caryl, 

Trustee  for  The  New  Era  Union,  204  California  Bldg.,  Denver,  Colo. 


CONTENTS 


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Introduction  .  5 

CHAPTER  I. 

Wall  Street  Gold  Camp  Up  in  the  Rocky  Mountains . 20 


CHAPTER  II. 

Meeting  to  Promote  the  New  Era  Union,  by  Prominent 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen  of  Colorado .  30 

CHAPTER  III. 

An  Up-to-date  Social  Picture  of  Those  Under  Bondage  to 
Money  . 55 

CHAPTER  IV 

Multi-Millionaires  Appealed  to,  but  too  Selfish  to  Respond  64 

CHAPTER  V. 

An  Up-to-date  Social  Picture  of  Those  Who  Have  No 
Money  . T9 

CHAPTER  VI. 

Poverty  and  Misery  to  be  Abolished;  Women  to  be  the 
Saviors  of  Mankind .  S4 

CHAPTER  VII. 

Plans  to  Realize  the  New  Era  Presented;  Faneuil  Hall. 
Boston,  Again  the  Temple  of  Liberty .  91 

CHAPTER  VIII. 


Universal  Peace,  Happiness  and  Prosperity  for  All  Who 
"Work  for  the  New  Era  Union . 1.32 


INTRODUCTION. 


NEW  ERA  UNION. 

CO-OPERATION  ON  A  NEW  SCALE  AS  A  PANACEA  FOR  DIS¬ 
CONTENT— CHARLES  W.  CARYL  PROPOSES  TO  FURNISH 
CAPITAL  TO  LABOR— GOLD  SIX  PER  CENT.  BONDS  SE¬ 
CURED  BY  ASSETS  OF  THE  UNION— THE  FINANCIAL 
PROBLEM  SIMPLIFIED  FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF  THE 
MASSES— COAL  MINES  AND  GOLD  MINES  WOULD  AF¬ 
FORD  AN  EXCELLENT  BEGINNING  TO  ENLIST  CAPITAL 
ON  BONDS. 

In  its  issue  of  Good  Friday,  September  3,  1897,  t lie 
Rocky  Mountain  News  printed  on  its  front  page  tlie  pic¬ 
ture  of  an  American  miner,  gaunt  and  tattered,  on  his 
knees,  with  his  dinner  bucket  empty  beside  him  and  with 
hands  outstretched,  appealing  for  help. 

Underneath  the  picture,  in  full-faced  type,  was 
printed :  “He  asks  for  aid — will  you  give  it?” 

Under  this  appeared  the  following  article: 

“A  project  which  promises  to  be  a  remedy  for  the 
troubles  of  the  striking  miners  of  the  East  and  unem¬ 
ployed  labor  generally  has  been  broached  by  Charles  W. 
Caryl,  president  of  The  Gold  Extraction  Mining  and  Sup¬ 
ply  Company.  It  will  be  called  The  New  Era  Union, 
and  the  man  who  proposes  it  has  such  faith  in  its  ultimate 
success  as  an  alleviator  of  the  burdens  of  the  laboring 
classes  that  he  is  going  ahead  on  his  own  responsibility 
to  incorporate  a  company  with  a  capital  stock  of  $10,000,- 
000.  In  launching  his  idea  Mr.  Caryl  does  not  hope  to 
alleviate  the  cares  of  the  laboring  man  in  one  fell  swoop, 
but  recognizes  the  fact  that  it  will  take  time  to  operate. 

The  New  Era  Union,  as  described  by  Mr.  Caryl,  is 
simply  a  scheme  whereby  the  laboring  men,  in  no  matter 
what  occupation  they  may  be  engaged,  may  be  enabled  to 
cooperate  and  share  the  profits  of  their  labor  among 
themselves.  At  present  they  work  for  the  operator,  and 


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Introduction. 


the  profits  which  they  create  are  pocketed  by  him.  For 
the  purpose  of  doing  work  cooperatively,  the  assistance 
of  capital  is  needed,  and  the  New  Era  Union  will  be  cre¬ 
ated  for  the  purpose  of  securing  this  capital. 

ENJOYING  THE  FRUITS. 

The  present  coal  miners’  strike  in  the  East  has 
brought  the  fact  prominently  before  the  American  people 
that  a  change  is  needed.  A  new  era,  whether  good  or  bad 
it  may  be,  is  about  to  open  up,  and  as  the  old  system  of 
labor,  whereby  the  employer  alone  enjoys  the  proceeds 
of  the  laboring  man,  has  proved  a  miserable  failure,  the 
time  is  opportune  for  a  system  whereby  every  man  and 
woman  in  the  United  States  willing  to  work  may  be  able 
to  do  so  under  the  most  favorable  conditions  possible. 
In  other  words,  it  is  time  for  the  laborers  to  work  and 
share  the  profits  themselves. 

The  New  Era  Union  will  furnish  capital  for  the 
miners  to  acquire  mines  of  their  own,  which  they  will 
work  and  receive  just  and  regular  wages  out  of  the  earn¬ 
ings  of  the  mines.  The  capital  will  be  procured  by  the 
Union  in  exchange  for  its  bonds,  the  interest  on  which  is 
payable  in  gold  and  at  the  rate  of  6  per  cent.  The  bonds 
are  payable  in  twenty-five  years  and  will  be  secured  by 
the  assets  of  the  Union.  In  this  manner  the  workmen 
will  receive  as  wages  what  is  left  after  paying  the  inter¬ 
est  on  the  bonds  of  the  Union.  The  mission  of  the  Union 
will  not  only  be  devoted  to  coal  mining,  but  to  gold  min¬ 
ing  and  every  other  industry.  These  industries  will  be 
acquired  by  the  capital  of  the  Union,  and  the  only  revenue 
which  does  not  go  to  the  laborer  or  for  his  benefit  will  go 
to  the  bondholders  for  interest.  This  is  a  comparatively 
small  amount  compared  with  that  which  goes  into  the 
pockets  of  employers  under  the  present  system  of  labor. 

It  is  not  the  expectation  of  the  promoters  of  the 
Union  that  every  laboring  man  who  is  drawing  regular 
wages  at  present  will  leave  his  job  and  enlist  with  the 
Union.  It  is  simply  for  those  who  either  have  no  work 
at  all  or  are  dissatisfied  with  the  wages  they  are  re¬ 
ceiving. 

PRACTICAL  DEMONSTRATION. 

Mr.  Caryl  has  succeeded  in  enlisting  about  $100,000 
in  Plastern  capital  in  the  mines  of  Boulder  county.  The 
company  bought  claims  from  miners  who  could  not  work 
them  on  account  of  having  no  capital  themselves.  It  was 


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this  which  aroused  Mr.  Caryl’s  curiosity,  and  he  at  once 
saw  what  could  be  accomplished  should  the  miners  band 
together,  secure  the  capital  as  a  body  and  share  the 
profits  themselves.  It  is  his  proposition  that  the  coopera¬ 
tion  scheme  be  put  to  work  at  once  in  Colorado.  There  is 
plenty  of  money  to  be  made  among  the  gold  mines,  he 
says,  and  capitalists  will  not  hesitate  long  in  lending  their 
money  at  6  per  cent.,  especially  when  it  is  secured  by 
good  assets. 

The  coal  mines  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state 
could  be  profitably  worked  by  the  Union,  Mr.  Caryl 
thinks.  It  would  require  but  a  few  thousand  dollars  to 
purchase  a  mine  and  set  miners  to  work.  Should  the  rail¬ 
road  rates  prove  too  high,  the  Union  could  build  a  road 
of  its  own  and  thus  be  independent.  Mining  would  not 
be  the  only  industry  of  the  Union,  for  manufactures  and 
every  business  known  could  be  taken  up. 

LABOR  EXCHANGE  INTERESTED. 

At  a  meeting  held  last  night  in  Mr.  Caryl's  offices, 
in  the  California  building,  there  was  a  conference  with 
the  Denver  Labor  Exchange,  and  it  is  likely  that  that 
institution  will  cooperate  with  the  New  Era  Union  when 
it  starts.  The  operations  of  the  Labor  exchange  are  car¬ 
ried  out  on  practically  the  same  lines  as  those  of  the 
Union,  except  that  no  capital  is  used.  With  capital  to 
start  with  and  a  check  system  for  money,  the  laboring 
man  could  depend  entirely  on  the  Union  for  his  living. 

It  is  estimated  that  one-fourth  of  the  working  people 
of  the  United  States,  or  over  five  millions,  are  unproduc¬ 
tive  for  want  of  an  opportunity  to  earn  their  living. 

At  $4  per  day  as  a  fair  average  for  the  services  of 
a  wealth  producer,  this  would  amount  to  $20,000,000  per 
day,  $6,000,000,000  per  year,  or  $60,000,000,000  in  ten 
years. 

The  United  States  census  for  1800  gives  the  total 
value  of  all  kinds  of  wealth,  roads,  money  and  everything 
else,  as  amounting  to  about  $65,000.000.000 ;  hence,  if  the 
present  unproductive  working  people  of  the  United 
States  were  all  put  at  work,  in  ten  years  they  would  be 
able  to  duplicate  all  the  present  cities,  towns,  villages, 
farms,  factories,  railroads  and  all  other  forms  of  wealth 
existing  to-day.  It  is  generally  admitted  that  the  United 
States  can  support  the  population  of  the  entire  world  in 
luxury,  if  properly  developed  and  utilized. 


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Introduction. 


Hence  the  time  seems  ripe  to  provide  opportunities 
for  every  man  and  woman  in  the  United  States  who  are 
willing  to  work  to  the  best  of  their  ability  to  do  so  under 
the  most  favorable  conditions  possible. 

SYSTEM  AND  CAPITAL. 

The  only  way  this  can  be  done  is  by  providing  for 
S3’stem  and  capital  on  a  sufficiently  large  scale  to  organ¬ 
ize  all  the  unemployed  labor  to  become  self-supporting 
and  exchange  the  products  of  their  labor  on  a  basis 
that  will  be  just  to  all.  The  working  people  who  belong 
to  the  labor  unions  seem  to  depend  on  strikes  to  secure 
better  conditions  for  themselves,  ignoring  to  a  great  ex¬ 
tent  the  opportunity  to  become  their  own  employers.  The 
labor  exchanges  that  are  now  rapidly  being  organized  all 
over  the  United  States  go  much  further  by  enabling  their 
members  to  produce  whatever  they  can  of  value  and  ex¬ 
change  it  for  other  members’  products  that  they  may  be 
able  to  use.  Still,  as  yet  the  labor  exchanges  do  not  pro¬ 
vide  for  the  securing  of  capital  and  for  a  system  of  pro¬ 
duction  that  will  enable  them  to  supply  on  a  large  scale 
the  many  kinds  of  products  that  are  necessary  or  desir¬ 
able  for  the  support  and  comfort  of  its  members. 

How  capital  and  labor  can  be  brought  together  on 
a  basis  that  will  be  satisfactory  and  just  to  both,  and 
enable  labor  to  get  as  many  comforts  and  advantages  as 
possible,  has  been  the  subject  of  much  thought  for  the 
past  five  years. 

UNLIMITED  MILLIONS. 

Capital  is  now  becoming  so  cheap  that  any  one  with 
first-class  securities  can  secure  practically  unlimited  mil¬ 
lions  of  dollars  in  New  York  and  London  for  3  per  cent, 
per  year  interest,  and  only  wants  reliable  security  to  be 
eager  to  cooperate  with  labor  in  developing  any  industry 
that  can  be  shown  to  be  practical  and  profitable. 

Labor  only  needs  organization  and  the  help  of  this 
capital  to  be  able  to  produce,  as  I  show  above,  all  the 
wealth  that  can  be  desired  or  utilized. 

To  secure  all  the  capital  that  is  necessary  on  a  rea¬ 
sonable  basis  of  compensation,  and  to  organize  all  men 
and  women  who  are  willing  to  work  to  the  best  of  their 
ability,  so  that  they  will  have  every  possible  benefit 
from  their  work,  Mr.  Caryl  has  studied  out  the  following 
plan,  and  he  is  willing  to  do  all  in  his  power  to  help 
carry  it  out,  provided  no  better  plan  is  at  once  available. 


Introduction. 


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He  will  incorporate  the  New  Era  Union  with  $10,000,000 
capital  stock,  in  shares  of  $10  each,  to  make  them  within 
the  means  of  all  who  may  desire  to  purchase  them.  The 
charter  will  enable  the  New  Era  Union  to  organize  and 
operate  every  conceivable  industry  and  occupation  that 
will  be  desirable  and  useful  for  its  members. 

To  secure  whatever  capital  may  be  necessary,  besides 
that  secured  from  the  sale  of  its  capital  stock,  the  New 
Era  Union  will  issue  first  mortgage  bonds  secured  by  lien 
on  all  its  assets,  payable  in  gold  in  twenty-five  years,  bear¬ 
ing  6  per  cent,  annual  interest. 

Departments  will  then  be  formed  to  produce  and 
provide  every  conceivable  thing  that  is  useful  and  de¬ 
sirable. 

To  enable  the  workers  to  be  sure  of  a  reasonable 
compensation,  according  to  the  value  of  their  services, 
they  will  be  organized  into  seven  degrees  of  membership 
and  be  paid  as  follows: 

First  Degree — Common  crude  labor  of  all  kinds,  $2 
per  day  of  eight  hours’  work. 

Second  Degree — More  useful  labor  of  all  kinds,  $3 
per  day  of  eight  hours’  work. 

Third  Degree — Skilled  labor  of  all  kinds.  $4  per  day 
of  eight  hours’  work. 

Fourth  Degree — Expert  labor,  teachers,  professions, 
foremen,  etc.,  $6  per  day  of  eight  hours’  work. 

Fifth  Degree — Specially  valuable  services,  superin¬ 
tendents,  etc.,  $10  per  day  of  eight  hours’  work. 

Sixth  Degree — Still  more  valuable  services  of  all 
kinds  and  managers,  $15  per  day  of  eight  hours’  work. 

Seventh  Degree — The  most  valuable  services  of  all. 
and  executive  officers.  $25  per  day  of  eight  hours’  work. 

ASSIST  IN  ACCUMULATING. 

The  workers  in  the  New  Era  Union  will  be  required 
to  assist  in  accumulating  as  much  wealth  as  possible 
by  the  Union,  to  enable  it  to  increase  its  opportunities 
to  other  workers,  and  also  to  provide  its  members  with 
every  possible  advantage  that  accumulated  wealth  can 
give.  Hence,  each  person  working  for  the  New  Era 
Union  will  be  required  to  purchase  a  membership  in  the 
New  Era  Union. 

The  memberships  will  cost  the  amount  that  each 
member  would  earn  in  300  working  days  in  the  degree 
they  are  qualified  to  work  to  the  best  advantage,  and  if 


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Introduction. 


they  have  no  money  or  assets  needed  by  the  New  Era 
Union  when  they  go  into  it,  they  will  be  required  to  in¬ 
vest  one-fourth  of  their  income  until  it  is  paid  for. 

The  investment  for  memberships  will  be  made  in 
the  first  mortgage  bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union,  bearing 
6  per  cent,  annually,  interest  payable  in  gold  in  twenty- 
five  years,  so  that  each  member  will  receive  back  for 
themselves  or  their  heirs  all  that  their  membership  costs, 
with  G  per  cent,  interest. 

To  enable  the  New  Era  Union  to  maintain  this  sys¬ 
tem  of  compensation,  regardless  of  the  wages  paid  by 
competitive  companies,  the  members  will  be  paid  in 
checks  that  must  be  redeemed  by  the  New  Era  Union 
for  everything  needed  by  the  member,  any  surplus  not 
required  for  immediate  use  to  be  invested  in  the  bonds 
payable  in  gold,  that  is  really  equivalent  to  the  members 
being  paid  in  full  in  gold,  except  that  the  checks  require 
that  each  member  purchase  the  supplies  produced  by 
other  members  on  the  same  basis  of  compensation. 

The  members  of  each  degree  will  belong  to  councils, 
to  meet  at  stated  times  for  conference  and  enactment 
of  needed  measures,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  next 
highest  council,  and  the  board  of  directors  elected  by  the 
stockholders. 

As  soon  as  possible  the  New  Era  Union  can  secure 
promising  gold  mines  and  put  its  members  at  work  pro¬ 
ducing  as  large  an  amount  of  gold  as  possible.  Also  a 
coal  mining  department,  for  mining  coal  on  a  large  scale. 
Also  a  building  department,  to  build  homes,  factories 
and  public  buildings.  Also  all  kinds  of  factories  to  pro¬ 
duce  everything  needed  by  the  members. 

Mr.  Caryl  will  endeavor  to  enlist  interest  among 
Colorado  people  during  the  next  three  weeks,  and  if  he 
has  a  certain  amount  of  encouragement  from  Colorado 
people,  he  feels  that  the  plan  will  take  readily,  and  he 
may  be  enabled  to  enlist  capital  without  much  trouble. 


Introduction. 


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Monday,  September  13,  1897.  tlie  Rocky  Mountain 
News  published  the  following: 

NEW  ERA  IDEA  TAKES  WELL. 

ORIGINATOR  OF  THE  PLAN  IS  FLOODED  WITH  LETTERS  OF 
APPROVAL— LABOR  LEADERS  IN  PARTICULAR  SPEAK  IN 
THE  MOST  APPROVING  TERMS— TO  CARRY  OUT  THE 
PROJECT  C.  W.  CARYL,  WHO  ORIGINATED  THE  IDEA,  NOW 
PROPOSES  TO  BUILD  A  MODEL  CITY  TO  BE  CALLED 
“NEW  ERA.” 

The  New  Era  Union,  as  developed  and  explained  by 
Charles  W.  Caryl,  of  this  city,  is  attracting  the  attention 
of  labor  advocates  and  persons  of  philanthropic  mind 
all  over  the  country.  Although  the  plans  of  the  Denver 
man  were  announced  less  than  ten  days  ago,  he  is  in 
receipt  of  communications  from  the  most  distant  parts 
of  the  United  States,  in  which  the  liveliest  interest  is 
evinced  in  the  ideas  which  he  advances. 

Mr.  Caryl  yesterday  received  a  letter  from  B.  O. 
Flower,  founder  of  the  Arena ,  and  one  of  the  brightest 
reformers  of  the  century,  in  which  Mr.  Flower  approves 
of  the  plan  and  urges  its  immediate  consideration  by  all 
friends  of  humanity.  C.  B.  Russell,  president  of  the 
Tackmakers'  Protective  Union  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  with  headquarters  in  Hanover,  Mass.,  writes 
for  full  details  concerning  the  movement,  and  says  it  is 
a  rational  idea,  which  meets  his  hearty  approval.  The 
mail  of  Mr.  Caryl  increases  in  weight  every  day.  His 
time  is  wholly  occupied  in  replying  to  letters  and  in 
putting  the  finishing  touches  on  a  book  which  he  pro¬ 
poses  to  issue  within  the  next  month,  which  will  ex¬ 
emplify  the  advanced  position  he  has  taken  for  amelior¬ 
ating  the  ills  of  mankjnd. 

“Have  read  of  your  proposed  scheme,”  writes  Wil¬ 
liam  Barratt.  of  Chicago.  “Debs’  colonization  plan  is  un¬ 
tenable.  Yours,  I  think,  hits  the  nail  on  the  head.” 

B.  O.  FLOWER  LIKES  THE  PLAN. 

Mr.  Flower  says:  “I  think  your  plan  such  an  ad¬ 
mirable  one  that  it  ought  to  be  taken  hold  of  by  organ¬ 
ized  labor  everywhere  in  such  a  manner  as  to  make  labor 


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Introduction. 


independent.  The  terrible  oppression  of  t  lie  present  time 
and  the  absolute  lack  of  all  sense  or  regard  for  law  and 
justice,  as  seen  in  the  injunctions  against  free  speech 
and  free  access  to  the  highways,  ought  to  be  sufficient 
to  awaken  every  man,  woman  and  child  in  the  country 
to  the  fact  that  something  must  be  done,  and  done 
quickly,  or  this  nation  will  become  more  certainly  the 
home  of  despotism  than  Russia.” 

“It  is  a  matter  which  I  have  had  under  consideration 
for  a  long  time  in  connection  with  our  craft,”  says  Presi¬ 
dent  Russell  of  the  Tackmakers’  Union.  ‘‘1  have  no 
doubt  this  branch  of  productive  industry  can  be  added 
with  profit  to  your  enterprise.  I  am  convinced  that  your 
idea  is  capable  of  vast  possibilities.” 

“Unions  as  now  constituted  have  seen  their  day,” 
writes  Charles  T.  Hilton,  a  foundry  man  of  Chicago,  who 
says  he  understands  the  manufacturing  of  machinery 
and  is  familiar  with  mines  of  Colorado.  “I  have  be¬ 
longed  to  unions  and  know  their  inner  workings.  It  is 
strike,  starve  and  wait — for  what?  If  3011  will  get  your 
plan  well  before  the  public  I  feel  that  it  will  succeed.” 

CARYL’S  UNOBTRUSIVE  LIFE. 

The  originator  of  the  remarkable  enterprise  which 
promises  to  receive  the  careful  attention  of  thinking 
people  in  the  United  States,  has  been  pursuing  such  a 
quiet  life  in  Denver  for  four  years  past  that  he  is  not 
known  outside  of  a  small  circle  of  friends  and  a  few 
business  men  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  About 
the  time  of  the  panic  Mr.  Caryl  came  to  Denver  to  start 
life  over  again.  He  had  been  successful  in  a  marked 
degree  in  starting  a  movement  for  the  introduction  of 
northern  capital  into  the  region  of  Chattanooga,  but 
the  Barings’  failure  and  the  financial  depression  follow¬ 
ing,  convinced  him  that  something  was  wrong  in  the 
financial  and  business  conditions  of  the  world.  A  sub¬ 
sequent  experience  as  a  student  in  the  slums  of  one  of 
the  large  eastern  cities  convinced  Mr.  Caryl  that  an 
alarming  state  of  affairs  was  approaching,  and  his  studies 
of  social  and  government  problems  have  convinced  him 
still  further  of  the  importance  of  prompt  action  if  seri¬ 
ous  troubles  are  to  be  averted.  He  is  an  advocate  of 
peace,  and  he  is  impressed  by  the  belief  that  there  is 
a  method  by  which  capital  and  labor  can  be  brought  ami- 


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13 


cably  together,  each  operating  to  the  real  advantage  of 
the  other. 

“I  have  talked  with  many  wealthy  men,”  said  Mr. 
Caryl  yesterday,  “and  I  find  that  they  are  heartily  sick 
of  strikes,  arbitration,  disturbances  and  uncertainties  in 
the  business  world.  I  fully  believe  many  of  the  men  of 
wealth  will  hasten  to  greet  any  reasonable  movement 
which  aims  to  do  away  with  constant  friction,  and  to 
deal  with  strict  justice  to  the  capitalist  and  the  humblest 
laborer.  I  have  spent  years  developing  the  plan  of  the 
Xew  Era  Union,  and  I  believe  it  comes  nearer  to  solving 
the  existing  troubles  in  the  labor  world  than  any  other 
plan  which  has  been  advanced.” 

PLAN  HAS  LONG  BEEN  CONSIDERED. 

Mr.  Caryl  says  the  ideas  which  he  has  put  into 
tangible  form  have  been  in  his  mind  a  long  time,  but 
he  patiently  waited  until  he  could  become  financially  in¬ 
dependent  before  bringing  them  forward.  He  has  been 
successful  in  organizing  and  operating  a  large  mining 
company,  with  over  100  properties  in  Boulder  count}’. 
Cripple  Creek  and  elsewhere,  and  within  three  years  has 
made  money  enough  to  place  himself  in  the  position  of 
independence  he  desired.  He  is  now  ready  to  invite  co¬ 
operation  in  the  organization  of  the  Xew  Era  Union, 
plans  of  which  were  announced  in  detail  in  the  issue  of 
The  Xeics  of  September  3. 

The  idea  of  the  Xew  Era  Union  is  to  provide  em¬ 
ployment  for  eight  hours  a  day  under  the  most  favor¬ 
able  conditions,  to  all  classes  of  honorable  mental  and 
physical  labor.  To  attain  this  object  and  to  commem¬ 
orate  the  close  of  the  century,  it  is  proposed  to  attempt 
to  build  a  model  city  to  be  known  as  “Xew  Era.”  In 
this  city  it  is  proposed  by  the  projector  to  maintain  a 
permanent  world’s  exposition  and  emporium,  and  the 
most  complete  educational,  industrial  and  amusement 
systems  of  which  the  world  has  any  knowledge.  The 
industries  are  to  be  carried  on  in  model  factories  and 
work  rooms  under  the  best  conditions  possible.  The 
members  of  the  Xew  Era  Union  will  be  organized  into 
degrees  and  departments,  according  to  their  ability  and 
usefulness.  In  order  to  secure  working  capital,  the  di¬ 
rectors  of  the  Union  will  be  empowered  to  issue  general 
mortgage  bonds.  The  scale  of  salary,  ranging  from  Si* 
upwards  per  day,  according  to  the  class  in  which  the  cm- 


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Introduction. 


ployd  is  placed,  is  such  that  the  projectors  think  it  will 
attract  the  right  sort  of  talent  to  the  places  where  talent 
is  required.  Each  class  of  workers  will  be  represented 
by  a  council  chosen  by  itself,  and  the  veto  of  the  Su¬ 
preme  Trustee,  the  highest  officer  of  the  Union,  can  be 
set  aside  only  by  an  appeal  to  a  general  vote  of  all  the 
members  of  the  Union.  Members  are  pledged  to  take  no 
part  in  strikes,  and  to  obey  the  local,  state  and  national 
laws.  “The  object,”  remarked  the  founder  of  the  order, 
“is  to  attain  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  on  a  basis 
of  justice  and  reciprocity.” 


Introduction. 


15 


[FROM  NEW  YORK  JOURNAL.] 

HERE'S  A  NEW  UTOPIA. 

MR.  CARYL,  OF  DENVER,  HAS  A  BOLD  PLAN  FOR  A  REAL 
PARADISE  ON  EARTH. 

It  is  Utopia  for  which  the  tired  old  world  and  its 
tired  people  are  sighing. 

From  age  to  age  men  have  risen  and  drawn  maps  of 
human  society  as  it  should  be — with  wrong  dethroned 
and  justice  done,  with  health  and  honesty  and  brotherly 
love  continuing  and  universal  happiness  over  all. 

Here  comes  a  Colorado  man  with  a  Utopia  which  is 
thoroughly  up  to  date.  He  does  not  build  as  Plato  and 
all  the  other  dream  builders  have  done — with  abstract 
ideas. 

This  paradise  on  earth — the  goodly  place  where 
everybody  is  to  have  everything  he  needs— is  planned  on 
a  strictly  business  basis. 

His  account  with  the  great  problems  over  which 
mankind  has  stumbled  is  kept  by  double  entry.  In  the 
whole  story,  as  he  tells  it,  there  is  the  ring  of  hard  metal 
and  brick  and  stone.  It  is  a  plan  made  for  a  building 
age,  and  includes  specifications  which  are  minute  to  a 
degree. 

The  author  of  this  comprehensive  project  is  Charles 
W.  Caryl,  of  Denver,  president  of  The  Gold  Extraction, 
Mining  and  Supply  Company. 

To  say  that  Mr.  Caryl's  plan  is  ambitious  is  putting 
it  mildly.  It  is  a  practical  taking  up  of  humanity's 
whole  problem,  and  a  settling  of  it  along  lines  which,  as 
he  traces  them,  are  very  reminiscent  of  all  known  social¬ 
ism  and  all  doctrines  of  unselfishness,  but  which  are 
boldly  drawn,  and  a  view  of  the  whole  scheme,  as  he  pre¬ 
sents  it,  makes  the  world  and  its  difficulties  look  particu¬ 
larly  small  and  easy  to  be  dealt  with. 

The  mode  of  formulation  which  he  has  chosen  is 
striking.  He  has  cast  his  whole  sociological  and  eco¬ 
nomic  scheme  into  the  mould  of  a  book.  To  be  sure,  the 
manuscript  makes  134  closely  typewritten  big  pages  of 
paper,  but  that  implies  a  stupendous  labor  of  condensa¬ 
tion.  when  the  magnitude  of  the  subject  is  borne  in  mind. 


16 


Introduction. 


Iii  no  way,  perhaps,  can  so  comprehensive  a  notion 
of  his  project  he  had  as  from  the  title  page  of  the  gigantic 
plan,  for  which  he  has  secured  the  copyright  protection: 

THE  NEW  ERA. 

Introducing  plans  for  a  Grand  New  Era  Model  City,  to 
be  the  Most 

Complete,  Wonderful  and  Grand  Permanent  Exposition 
and  Emporium  for  the  Entire  World, 

In  addition  to  being  the  Grandest  and  Most  Perfect  Edu¬ 
cational,  Amusement,  Industrial  and  Residence 
Model  City  of  this  World. 

Also  representing  the  Plans  for  an  Organization  to  be 
Called  “The  New  Era  Union,” 

That  will  Unite  Under  the  Most  Perfect  System  Possible 
All  the  Human  Beings  in  the  Entire  World  in  the 
Course  of  Time 

Who  Desire  that  their  Fellow-man  as  well  as  Themselves 
Shall  Enjo}T  the  Most  Perfect  Peace,  Happiness  and 
Prosperity  that  is  Possible  Here  on  this  Earth  Under 
the  Laws  of  Justice  and  Reciprocity,  and  who  are 
Willing 

To  Do  all  in  Their  Power  to  Attain  the  Same. 

This  New  Era  Model  City,  which  the  play — or  the 
hero  of  it,  T.  A.  Sutta — proposes  to  found,  is  to  have  all 
the  desirable  things  which  cities  do  not  have — model  fac¬ 
tories  and  work  rooms,  where  everything  used  by  human 
beings  may  be  produced;  magnificent  model  hotels, 
apartments,  palaces,  mansions  and  dwellings,  parks, 
basins  of  water  for  boating  and  fishing,  boulevards,  con¬ 
servatories,  noiseless  electric  railroads,  subways  to  an¬ 
swer  all  possible  requirements  for  transportation. 
“Every  reasonable  desire  of  the  human  mind  is  to  be  pro¬ 
vided  for:  together  with  profitable  and  congenial  em¬ 
ployment  for  those  desiring  the  same.” 

This  grand  Newr  Era  Model  City  is  to  be  the  centre 
of  the  world  for  intelligence  and  refinement.  All  its 
heat  and  light  and  power  are  to  be  furnished  by  electric¬ 
ity  and  distributed  on  a  cooperative  plan. 

The  plans  are  arranged  for  a  site  of  land  only  ten 
miles  square,  but  the  system  is  so  perfect  that  in  that 
area  ii  population  of  from  one  to  five  millions  is  easily 
provided  for. 

The  plan  presents  also,  as  a  second  feature  of  the 
New  Era  development,  “The  New  Era  Union,”  an  organ- 


Introduction. 


17 


ization  which  will  unite  under  the  most  perfect  system 
possible  all  the  well  meaning  humans  in  the  world.  It  is 
divided,  like  a  Masonry,  into  degrees  and  divisions. 

It  is  this  careful  division  of  the  cooperative  labor 
which  is  to  make  the  management  of  the  New  Era  Model 
City  easy  and  efficacious.  The  General’s  degree  includes 
the  tip-top  philanthropists  and  progressive  humanitar¬ 
ians,  in  whose  hands  is  to  be  the  highest  control.  From 
that  high  plane  the  populace  are  graded  down. 

In  stringing  the  plans  for  his  model  city  and  model 
people  upon  a  plot,  for  the  purpose  of  lively  presentation, 
Mr.  Caryl  has  not  allowed  himself  to  be  hampered  by  lack 
of  characters,  and  to  lend  an  atmosphere  of  reality  he 
has  for  the  most  part  chosen  characters  of  flesh  and  blood. 

In  the  great  rout  of  dramatis  personae  are  Teller, 
Wolcott  and  dozens  more  from  Colorado,  college  profes¬ 
sors,  all  the  prominent  women  who  have  a  leaning 
toward  humanitarian  work — Miss  Willard,  Mrs.  Stan¬ 
ford,  Miss  Drexel,  Miss  Fair,  Miss  Adams,  Miss  Gould, 
who,  the  play  bill  says,  “is  a  living  proof  of  the  truth  that 
all  things  are  for  good,  and  who  is  using  her  part  of  the 
great  wealth  her  father  struggled  so  hard  to  create  by 
doing  all  she  can  to  help  humanity.” 

Mrs.  Green  also  comes  in  for  praise.  The  list  of  good 
women  is  long.  The  president,  his  cabinet,  the  senators, 
the  governors  of  states,  reformers,  capitalists,  congress¬ 
men,  grangers,  Masons,  men  of  all  parties,  Christian  En- 
deavorers,  newspaper  owners,  bankers,  atheists — it  is  a 
strange  jumble.  Then  there  are  foreigners — Lady  Somer¬ 
set,  General  Booth,  Tolstoi,  Camille  Flammarion,  Iveir 
Hardie,  W.  T.  Stead,  John  Most  and  Emma  Goldman. 

But  there  are  type  characters  in  the  play — Mr.  Rail¬ 
road,  Mr.  Oil,  Mr.  Banker,  Mr.  Dude,  Mr.  Vanderbilt, 
Mrs.  Vanderbilt  and  the  litfle  Vanderbilts,  who,  if  you 
please,  are  depicted  as  paupers,  and  a  Jewish  rabbi,  who 
is  as  white  a  man  as  ever  was  put  into  a  play. 

There  is  a  character  called  Lillian,  an  opera  singer, 
who  lends  herself  in  the  most  startling  fashion  to  give 
color  to  fhe  piece. 

When  tin*  story  opens  a  lot  of  miners  are  idling 
around  a  camp  fire  in  the  Rocky  Mountains,  waiting  for 
Sutta  and  a  party  of  experts  to  come  and  examine  some 
mining  property.  These  are  valuable  mines,  and  it  is  fhe 
plan  of  Sutta  to  sell  or  work  them  to  furnish  funds  to 
found  the  Model  City. 

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18 


Introduction. 


This  Sutta  is  a  remarkable  mau.  He  has  a  marvelous 
faculty  for  making  money,  but  spends  all  his  income  on 
the  poor.  After  the  inspection  of  the  mine  he  holds  a 
meeting  at  a  hotel  in  Denver,  where  local  magnates  come 
in  and  declare  themselves  in  favor  of  the  Model  City. 

The  plot  is  made  excuse  for  all  the  “talk”  necessary 
to  make  clear  as  the  play  progresses  all  the  features  of 
Sutta’s  scheme  as  set  forth  in  the  argument.  Mrs.  Fowler 
says:  “The  culmination  of  the  cycle,  or  age,  is  nearing, 
and  there  should  be  a  monument  to  the  development  of 
the  race,  and  a  crowning  nucleus  for  man’s  handiwork 
left  to  future  generations  as  a  proof  of  his  evolution  from 
past  ages  of  confusion  and  chaos.  The  foundation  of  the 
new  system  of  living  should  be  laid.” 

One  by  one  the  characters  are  rung  in.  The  author 
is  kind  to  the  Western  personae,  as  a  neighbor  should 
be,  but  it  is  easy  to  say  nice  things  of  them  all,  as  they 
all  heartily  endorse  the  New  Era  Model  City.  Sutta 
presents  his  model  city  scheme,  and  the  meeting  votes 
to  help  him  put  it  through.  It  is  decided  that  Sutta, 
in  promotion  of  the  great  undertaking,  shall  go  East  to 
float  his  mining  securities. 

When  the  philanthropist  journeys  East,  to  tangle 
up  with  the  powers  of  evil  as  embodied  in  bankers,  oil 
kings,  railroad  magnates  and  politicians,  the  real  action 
of  the  play  begins.  The  rich  railroad  and  bank  men 
devise  schemes  to  line  Sutta’s  pockets  with  money  and 
so  keep  him  from  antagonizing  them  by  preaching  his 
new  theories.  They  find  him  at  all  points  panoplied,  and 
wherever  he  goes  he  has  Mr.  Stratton,  of  Colorado,  with 
him  as  a  friend  and  coadjutor. 

At  a  dinner  at  the  Millionaires’  Club  he  gives  evi¬ 
dence  of  his  purity  of  principles.  There  are  features 
of  the  dialogue  in  the  dinner  scene  which  are  somewhat 
too  virile  for  stage  production,  but  the  playwright  is  not 
a  man  who  minces  words  when  a  moral  lesson  is  at 
stake.  The  gay  Lillian  herself  is  at  last  won  by  Sutta’s 
disinterested  motives  and  gentlemanly  ways.  He  and 
Stratton  take  their  departure  virtuously  early  from  the 
Millionaires’  Club,  leaving  behind  them,  in  the  breasts 
of  the  rich  men,  a  great  fear  of  the  revolution  which  is 
about  to  be  against  riches,  monopoly  and  all  the  over¬ 
bearing  forces  which  weigh  upon  the  poor. 

Then  there  is  a  scene  in  the  slums  of  New  York,  in 
which  a  poor  family  named  Vanderbilt  is  evicted,  but 


Introduction. 


19 


rescued  from  the  streets  through  the  aid  of  a  Jewish 
rabbi  and  the  philanthropic  women,  who  establish  the 
sufferers  in  one  of  their  newly  established  “homes.” 

The  closing  scene  of  the  story  presents  a  monster 
meeting  of  philanthropists  in  Faneuil  Hall,  Boston, 
where  splendid  speeches  are  made  by  B.  O.  Flower,  Miss 
Willard,  Edward  Bellamy,  and  finally  by  Sutta  himself, 
who  presents  the  full  and  detailed  plan  of  his  model  city. 
Municipal  machinery,  finance,  improvements,  industrial 
and  social  establishment,  amusement  facilities  and  sani¬ 
tary  provisions — all  are  gone  over.  Then  are  unfolded 
the  plans  for  building  the  town,  with  its  great  perpetual 
exposition  buildings  in  the  center,  and  the  whole  great 
arrangement  in  concentric  circles  about  that  middle 
point. 

In  these  circles  buildings  and  breathing  spaces  al¬ 
ternate,  and  all  are  constructed  on  a  scale  of  Oriental 
magnificence.  Everything  is  there,  from  storehouses  to 
hanging  flower  gardens  like  those  of  Babylon. 

He  lays  before  them  a  complete  city  map,  showing 
a  place  for  habitation  and  exercise  ground  for  every 
class,  with  farms  and  gardens  to  furnish  supplies  to  the 
whole  city. 

There  is  a  scale  of  prices  for  the  various  grades  of 
dwellings.  He  submits  a  carefully  devised  financial 
scheme  for  running  the  city.  He  says:  “Those  who 
think  this  is  impossible  and  only  an  idle  dream  only 
show  their  ignorance  and  lamentable  lack  of  ambition. 
We  were  able  to  build  and  conduct  the  grandest  world's 
exposition  the  world  has  ever  known  at  an  expense  of 
about  $40,000,000  for  a  brief  period  of  six  months,  and 
any  one  who  took  the  least  trouble  to  learn  the  facts 
would  realize  how  much  better  and  easier  the  work 
could  have  been  done  had  it  been  for  permanent  use.” 

Then  the  organization  of  the  New  Era  Union  is  ex¬ 
plained.  the  division  of  organizers,  investors,  councilors, 
etc.,  a  scheme  for  the  establishment  of  clubs  to  promote 
the  cause  and  various,  methods  of  gathering  money  .to 
get  the  New  Model  City  under  way. 


NEW  ERA 


CHAPTER  I. 

WALL  STREET  GOLD  MINING  CAMP,  UP  IN  THE  ROCKY 
MOUNTAINS,  BOULDER  COUNTY,  COLORADO. 

A  meeting  is  being  held  in  the  Wall  Street  Coliseum 
of  all  the  people  in  the  vicinity  who  are  interested  in  the 
development  of  the  gold  resources  of  Wall  Street  Camp. 

Harry  S.  Badger,  who  is  superintendent  for  The  Gold 
Extraction  Mining  and  Supply  Company,  is  appointed  to 
take  the  chair.  Norris  C.  Sprigg,  one  of  the  editors  of  the 
T Vail  Street  Gold  Miner,  addresses  the  meeting  and  calls 
attention  to  the  wonderful  progress  that  has  been  made 
in  Wall  Street  Camp  in  the  past  three  months. 

At  that  time  there  was  scarcely  a  half  dozen  miners 
at  work  in  that  vicinity,  while  already  there  are  now  over 
one  hundred,  and  so  many  promising  gold-bearing  lodes 
opened  up  that  several  thousand  miners  could  be  profit¬ 
ably  employed  if  the  necessary  capital  could  be  secured 
to  put  them  to  work.  Henry  Monell,  T.  J.  Murray,  John 
Teagarden,  W.  L.  Davis,  Capt.  Allen,  W.  L.  Beach,  F.  C. 
L.  Sergeant,  S.  J.  Cook  and  others,  who  are  all  practical 
mining  men,  with  years  of  experience  with  the  mining 
properties  of  this  district,  all  testify  to  the  fact  that  hun¬ 
dreds  of  gold-bearing  veins  exist  in  the  district  that 
would  produce  gold  at  a  good  profit  if  properly  devel¬ 
oped  and  operated. 

They  all  agree  that  the  low  grade  ores,  that  have 
previously  been  ignored  because  of  the  lack  of  facilities 
to  mine  them  economically,  can  now  la1  mined  at  a  profit 
because  of  the  new  railroad.  The  Colorado  Northwestern 
Railroad  is  now  being  built  as  a  result  of  the  efforts  of 
Mr.  Leech,  the  promoter,  and  modern  milling  facilities 
are  now  provided  by  The  Delano  Milling  Company  and 
other  new  plants  that  have  lately  been  erected  at  Boul¬ 
der.  They  show  that,  with  the  improved  facilities  for 


Wall  Street  Gold  Camp  Up  in  the  Rocky  Mountains. 


21 


shipping  and  treating  the  ore,  it  can  be  mined  and  milled 
for  $10  per  ton,  and  that  untold  millions  of  tons  exist  in 
the  hundreds  of  veins  already  opened  up,  while  many 
new  veins  will  be  discovered  that  do  not  at  present  show 
on  the  surface. 

As  T.  A.  Sutta  has  been  very  active  in  developing 
Wall  Street  Camp,  he  is  called  upon  to  give  his  views  as 
to  how  the  necessary  capital  can  be  secured  to  continue 
to  develop  and  operate  the  mines  to  the  best  possible  ad¬ 
vantage. 

He  said  the  problem  was  simple  enough;  if  the 
miners  who  owned  and  knew  how  to  operate  the  mines 
to  the  best  advantage  would  show  their  faith  in  them  by 
putting  their  mines  and  labor  up  as  a  basis  for  securing 
capital,  and  would  guarantee  0  per  cent,  interest  on  the 
capital  necessary  before  the  miners  received  anything 
more  than  necessary  expenses.  This  would  cause  cap¬ 
italists  to  feel  safe  in  investing  their  money,  when  they 
knew  that  the  miners  were  taking  their  chances  of  mak¬ 
ing  any  profit  from  their  mines  and  labor,  after  the  cap¬ 
ital  had  first  received  G  per  cent,  annual  interest. 

Mr.  Sutta  stated  that  the  only  serious  part  of  the 
problem  in  his  mind  was  how  the  gold-bearing  veins  in 
the  United  States  could  all  be  developed  and  operated  to 
the  best  possible  advantage,  and  the  output  of  gold  be 
used  to  assist  in  securing  the  best  possible  conditions  for 
the  working  people  of  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Sutta  explained  that  the  chief  cause  for  failure 
at  gold  mining  was  because  so  many  invested  their  money 
in  gold  mining  companies  that  were  only  seeking  to  make 
money  by  selling  stock,  instead  of  doing  any  legitimate 
mining,  and  those  who  invested  directly  in  a  gold  mine 
generally  became  discouraged  because  they  did  not  make 
immense  profits  at  once,  and  abandoned  the  mine  fre¬ 
quently  when  they  had  already  exposed  ore  that  would 
pay  a  big  profit  if  competent  miners  were  employed  to 
mine  it,  and  modern  facilities  provided  for  milling  it. 

If  the  government  of  the  United  States  would  create 
a  gold  mining  department,  and  employ  the  most  experi¬ 
enced  and  skilful  mining  men  that  were  available,  to  op¬ 
erate  the  gold  mines  of  the  United  States  by  paying  the 
owners  of  the  mines  a  fair  royalty  on  tin1  ore,  and  provide 
the  most  economical  and  successful  facilities  for  milling 
the  ore,  he  believed  that  tin*  output  of  gold  in  the  United 
States  could  la*  increased  at  least  $100,000,000  per  year; 


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and  then,  if  the  government  would  use  this  gold  to  employ 
the  unemployed  working  people  of  the  United  States  in 
producing  and  manufacturing  everything  the}’  needed  for 
their  own  comfort  and  happiness,  the  present  misery  and 
poverty  of  the  masses  would  soon  be  a  thing  of  the  past. 

“I  have  given  much  thought  to  this  matter,”  said  Mr. 
Suita,  “and  can  see  very  clearly  how  we  can  induce  the 
government  to  employ  all  the  men  and  women  of  the 
United  States  who  are  willing  to  work  to  the  best  of 
their  ability,  if  we  go  about  it  in  a  practical  way. 

“This  government  is  founded  on  the  principle  that 
the  will  of  the  majority  is  the  law  of  the  land.  Our  pres¬ 
ent  laws  enable  us  to  incorporate  a  company  that  will 
provide  for  the  safe  investment  of  capital  by  using  first 
mortgage  bonds  that  will  be  first  lien  on  all  the  assets  of 
the  company,  and  that  should  not  be  payable  before 
twenty-five  years,  in  order  to  give  ample  time  to  create 
assets  that  will  readily  enable  the  company  to  pay  the 
bonds  without  impairing  its  resources. 

“By  organizing  departments  that  will  employ  all  the 
men  and  women  in  the  United  States  who  are  willing  to 
work  to  the  best  of  their  ability,  and  to  require  all  to  in¬ 
vest  one-fourth  of  their  earnings  in  its  bonds  up  to  a  cer¬ 
tain  amount,  the  company  will  soon  accumulate  such 
large  assets  as  will  enable  it  to  organize  and  operate  as 
many  industries  as  are  necessary  to  provide  its  members 
with  all  that  they  can  reasonably  desire  or  utilize. 

“The  labor  exchanges  are  already  proving  that  this 
can  be  done,  even  though  they  are  seriously  handicapped 
by  failing  to  provide  ways  in  which  they  can  secure  cap¬ 
ital,  and  also  by  not  providing  for  a  uniform  system  of 
compensation  and  authority. 

“I  think  the  labor  exchange  people  already  realize 
the  need  for  broadening  their  work,  and  believe  if  a  plan 
was  submitted  to  them  whereby  they  could  do  this,  they 
would  readily  adopt  it.” 

Mr.  Badger  said  that  he  was  very  doubtful  of  the 
labor  exchanges  consenting  to  the  issuing  of  bonds  and 
paying  interest,  as  they  had  decidedly  expressed  them¬ 
selves  against  it.  He  also  thought  that  the  capitalists  of 
the  country  would  do  all  in  their  power  to  prevent  the 
success  of  such  an  organization  as  Mr.  Sutta  proposed, 
as  they  would  fear,  in  case  it  succeeds,  that  their  invest¬ 
ments  in  mining  and  other  industries  would  be  made  un¬ 
profitable. 


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Mr.  Sutta  explained  that  there  was  no  cause  what¬ 
ever  for  capitalists  to  fear  their  present  investments 
would  be  impaired  in  any  way.  To  the  contrary,  he  ex¬ 
plained  that  the  policy  of  the  company  should  be  to  ren¬ 
der  all  present  investments  of  every  conceivable  kind 
still  more  secure,  by  providing  for  the  company  to  pur¬ 
chase  all  lands,  buildings,  factories,  railroads,  stores,  and 
all  other  established  forms  of  wealth,  at  their  actual 
market  value  and  paying  for  the  same  in  the  first  mort¬ 
gage  bonds  of  the  company,  which,  by  paying  them  G  per 
cent,  interest  in  gold,  would,  in  most  cases,  be  more  than 
tlieir  investments  are  paying  them  at  present. 

Mr.  Beach  thought  that  the  enormous  amount  of  in¬ 
terest  that  would  have  to  be  paid,  if  such  large  issues  of 
bonds  were  made,  would  absorb  all  the  profits  of  the 
workers,  and  their  condition  would  soon  be  as  bad,  if  not 
worse,  than  at  present. 

Mr.  Sutta  explained  that  this  was  also  a  mistaken 
view  of  the  proposition.  The  people  of  the  United  States 
were  able,  when  their  resources  and  population  were  not 
one-half  what  they  are  at  present,  to  put  about  two  mil¬ 
lions  of  their  wealth  producers  in  the  field  as  soldiers  to 
kill  each  other  and  destroy  billions  of  dollars’  worth  of 
property,  and  even  when  this  fearful  waste  of  life  and 
property  was  actually  going  on,  the  country  was  never 
so  prosperous. 

It  is  estimated  that  at  present  there  are  about  one- 
fourtli,  or  over  five  millions,  of  the  would-be  wealth  pro¬ 
ducers  of  the  United  States  now  idle  or  unproductive, 
because  of  the  lack  of  an  opportunity  to  secure  employ¬ 
ment. 

At  an  average  production  of  wealth  of  $4  per  day, 
these  five  million  people,  if  put  at  work  producing  their 
own  food,  clothing,  houses,  and  all  other  needed  and  desir¬ 
able  supplies,  would  produce  $20,000,000  worth  per  day, 
over  $6,500,000,000  per  year,  or  $65,000,000,000  in  ten 
years. 

The  total  assessed  value  of  all  real  and  personal  prop¬ 
erty  of  the  entire  United  States,  by  the  census  of  1890, 
that  included  all  lands,  buildings,  factories,  railroads, 
stores,  merchandise,  money,  bonds  and  evervthing  else 
of  value,  was  $25,478,173,418. 

It  is  estimated  by  competent  authorities  that  the 
actual  market  value  of  all  these  forms  of  wealth,  existing 
in  the  United  States  in  1890,  was  about  $65,000,000,000, 


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or  no  more  than  what  the  present  unproductive  people  of 
the  United  States  could  produce  in  ten  years  if  they  were 
properly  organized  and  put  at  work,  with  proper  facili¬ 
ties  to  produce  everything  desired  to  the  best  advantage. 

This  would  especially  be  true,  now  that  modern  in¬ 
ventions  enable  all  kinds  of  work  to  be  much  more  pro¬ 
ductive  and  valuable  than  at  any  time  in  the  past. 

Mr.  Sergeant  took  the  floor  and  gave  a  long  talk 
about  the  injustice  of  not  paying  all  the  workers  equally. 

He  said  the  man  who  had  ability  had  received  his 
gifts  from  a  generous  Creator,  and  he  owed  it  to  his  fel¬ 
low  man  less  favored  to  help  him  by  every  means  in  his 
power,  and  that  he  was  not  entitled  to  any  more  benefits 
from  his  abilities  than  the  man  who  could  only  do  the 
crude  common  labor. 

This  caused  Mr.  Sutta  to  sa}T  that  the  same  generous 
Creator  that  Mr.  Sergeant  referred  to,  required  every 
human  being  who  had  ability  and  skill  to  be  especially 
useful  in  organizing  and  directing  their  fellow  man;  in¬ 
venting  useful  machines,  teaching  important  truths,  and 
rendering  other  desirable  service  above  the  average; 
should  have  facilities  at  hand  to  work  to  the  best  advant¬ 
age,  such  as  libraries,  clerks,  telephones,  means  to  experi¬ 
ment,  time  to  study,  etc.;  and  that  each  should  be  as  free 
as  possible  to  secure  what  they  needed  for  themselves, 
hence  the  compensation  for  the  most  useful  workers 
should  be  as  liberal  as  possible,  to  enable  them  to  work 
to  the  best  advantage. 

The  trouble  with  the  present  ways  of  living  was  that 
those  specially  gifted  minds  found  the  masses  so  eager 
to  take  all  they  could  get  of  their  services  or  abilities, 
without  regard  to  any  obligation  to  give  in  return,  that 
they  became  selfish  in  self-protection,  and  found  it  neces¬ 
sary  to  secure  as  much  wealth  as  possible  for  themselves, 
in  order  to  be  able  to  accomplish  what  they  desired. 

If  these  specially  gifted  people  found  they  could  be 
liberally  provided  for  for  life  by  devoting  all  their  ability 
to  working  for  an  organization  that  was  working  for  the 
good  of  all,  and  enabled  them  to  work  to  the  best  ad¬ 
vantage,  they  would,  in  many  cases,  prefer  to  join  it 
rather  than  have  to  be  constantly  fighting  for  their  own 
interests. 

As  it  is  now,  a  man  with  executive  ability  makes 
many  thousands,  even  millions,  of  dollars  for  himself  In¬ 
constantly  seeking  to  make  all  that  is  possible  for  him- 


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self,  and,  as  a  result,  it  is  a  constant  warfare  between 
him  and  those  who  work  for  him. 

If  these  same  men,  who  now  make  millions  of  dol¬ 
lars  for  themselves  under  such  unfavorable  conditions, 
could  be  induced  to  devote  their  energy  and  ability  to  an 
organization  for  the  good  of  all,  they  could  accomplish 
many  times  greater  results,  as  all  the  workers  of  the  or¬ 
ganization  would  do  all  in  their  power  to  help  them, 
rather  than  oppose  them. 

Take  I).  H.  Moffat,  president  of  The  First  National 
Bank  of  Denver,  as  an  example.  He  came  to  Denver 
only  a  few  years  ago,  a  poor  man.  Now  he  is  credited 
as  being  worth  several  millions  of  dollars. 

To  make  this  enormous  wealth  in  so  few  years  has 
required  the  executive  ability  of  a  general.  He  has  put 
thousands  of  men  at  work,  building  and  operating  rail¬ 
roads,  smelters,  reduction  works,  water  works,  mines 
and  many  other  enterprises,  under  a  system  where  every 
one  working  for  him  was  trying  to  get  all  that  was  pos¬ 
sible  for  himself,  and  in  the  most  of  cases  give  as  little 
as  possible  in  return.  If  the  executive  ability  of  Mr. 
Moffat  was  directed  to  the  purpose  of  giving  every  man 
and  woman  in  Colorado  employment  under  the  most  fa¬ 
vorable  condition  possible,  and  he  was  sure  he  would  be 
liberally  provided  for  for  life  in  return,  I  am  sure  that 
within  a  few  years’  time  there  would  be  no  need  for  a 
man  or  woman  in  Colorado  to  be  idle  for  want  of  a  chance 
to  work. 

Still,  these  very  working  people  that  he  now  com¬ 
pels  to  work  for  him  by  his  executive  ability,  and  thus 
help  him  to  make  millions  of  dollars,  would  nearly  all 
make  a  terrible  howl  if  Mr.  Moffat  should  seek  to  work 
for  their  benefit  and  only  ask  $100  per  day  for  his  ser¬ 
vices. 

The  working  people  have  got  to  learn  that  brains  are 
many  times  more  valuable  than  brawn  or  beef.  A  deli¬ 
cate  man,  without  the  physical  strength  to  work  at  man¬ 
ual  labor  one  1  our  a  day  without  being  prostrated,  may 
go  into  his  library  and  laboratory  and  produce  an  in¬ 
vention  or  discover  a  chemical  secret  that  would  get  bet¬ 
ter  results  with  a  few  hours'  work  than  now  requires 
the  labor  of  thousands. 

Take  the  work  of  Edison,  as  an  example — as  a  result 
of  his  devoting  his  attention  to  inventing,  instead  of  con¬ 
tinuing  as  a  telegraph  operator.  His  inventions  are  do- 


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ing  better  work  than  millions  of  men  could  do,  in  moving 
machinery  and  cars,  and  speeding  messages  over  the 
world,  and  all  this  time,  while  laboring  to  bless  mankind 
with  his  inventions,  be  l  as  had  to  scheme  and  fight  des¬ 
perate  battles  with  those  who  would  take  every  dollar 
and  power  to  work  to  advantage  away  from  him,  and 
leave  him  stranded,  if  he  would  let  them.  No  one  can 
conceive  of  the  wonderful  inventions  to  reduce  the  phys¬ 
ical  labor  of  human  beings,  and  minister  to  their  com¬ 
fort  and  delight,  that  he  is  still  capable  of  producing,  if 
the  resources  of  the  United  States  government  were 
back  of  him,  as  they  should  be,  guaranteeing  him  liberal 
compensation  for  life  for  himself,  with  every  possible 
resource  at  his  command  to  use  to  the  best  advantage 
for  the  good  of  all. 

You  have  an  illustration  right  before  you  on  a  small 
scale.  Mr.  Caryl  spent  several  years  in  the  slums  of 
New  York,  Boston,  Philadelphia  and  Chicago,  trying  to 
help  those  who  needed  help.  In  order  to  be  free  to  work 
for  others,  be  refused  to  engage  in  an}’  work  merely  to 
make  money  for  himself,  and  was,  as  a  result,  without 
any  means  even  to  pay  his  own  expenses.  Finding  that 
in  trying  to  help  others,  he  was  practically  helpless  him¬ 
self  and  useless  to  those  he  wanted  to  help  by  not  first 
providing  for  his  own  needs,  he  dropped  his  philanthropic 
work  and  devoted  himself  to  gold  mining,  as  the  only 
industry  a  man  could  hope  to  get  rich  at  quickly,  with¬ 
out  competing  with  enterprises  already  established. 

As  a  result  of  his  energy  and  ability,  in  one  year  he 
started  Wall  Street  Camp,  and  he  has  organized  and  is 
president  of  a  company  that  owns  over  one  hundred  gold 
mining  properties  in  this  county  alone,  besides  good 
mines  in  Cripple  Creek,  New  Mexico  and  California,  that 
are  capable  of  producing  millions  of  dollars  a  year,  when 
properly  developed  and  operated. 

I  know  that  it  is  his  desire  to  operate  as  many  of 
these  mines  as  possible,  and  use  the  profits  to  realize  the 
very  best  conditions  possible  for  those  who  do  the  work, 
but  if  he  attempts  to  operate  more  mines  than  he  can 
give  his  personal  attention  to,  by  employing  others,  what 
is  the  result?  If  he  employs  men  at  days’  pay,  they  are 
only  interested  in  getting  their  wages,  and  may  throw 
ore  worth  thousands  of  dollars  on  the  dump  as  waste 
rock,  rather  than  take  the  trouble  to  test  it  and  carefully 
sort  all  that  may  possibly  contain  gold. 


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There  are  a  number  of  instances  in  the  country, 
where  men  have  come  here  and  spent  immense  sums  of 
money  developing  mines,  and  when  rich  deposits  of  free 
gold  were  found,  the  men  would  put  the  gold  in  their 
pocket  and  let  the  man  fail,  while  others  have  covered 
over  rich  ore  deposits,  so  that  the  owner  would  not  know 
of  their  existence,  with  the  hope  that  later  they  might  se¬ 
cure  it  for  themselves.  This  can  only  be  overcome  by 
making  the  miners  interested  in  the  profits  from  their 
work. 

I  tell  you,  my  friends,  I  have  given  much  study  to 
how  better  conditions  can  be  realized  for  all,  and  I  am 
sure  there  is  no  other  way  than  to  organize  a  big  union, 
that  will  give  employment  to  every  man  and  woman  who 
is  capable  of  doing  any  useful  service.  Fix  a  scale  of 
compensation  that  will  be  just  for  all,  according  to  the 
value  of  their  services,  with  every  opportunity  for  each 
member  to  become  still  more  useful  for  the  good  of  all, 
and  liberal  compensation  for  those  who  succeed;  it 
would  be  possible  for  such  an  organization  to  provide  all 
its  members  with  comforts  and  luxuries  that  can  now 
only  be  enjoyed  by  the  few. 

Take  the  one  industry  of  gold  mining,  said  Mr. 
Sutta.  The  output  of  gold  in  Colorado  has  increased 
from  |8,000,000,  in  1893,  to  $16,000,000,  in  1896,  and  min¬ 
ing  experts  say  it  will  double  again  in  the  next  three 
years.  If  this  is  possible  under  the  present  haphazard 
system,  with  thousands  of  rich  gold  mines  already  known 
to  exist  lying  idle,  while  thousands  of  capable  miners  are 
also  idle  for  lack  of  capital  to  employ  them,  1  am  sure 
that  with  an  organization  that  would  provide  the  capital 
in  sufficient  amount,  and  a  system  of  compensation  that 
would  liberally  reward  the  faithful  workers,  and  get  rid 
of  the  unfaithful  ones,  that  the  output  of  gold  in  the 
United  States  could  be  increased  over  $100,000,000  per 
year  beyond  its  present  output.  If  the  gold  was  used  to 
redeem  bonds,  to  be  issued  by  an  organization  for  the 
purpose  of  starting  every  desirable  kind  of  industry  by 
its  members,  and  exchanging  their  products  on  a  just 
basis  of  compensation  for  all.  so  that  the  members  could 
build  their  own  houses,  produce  their  own  food  and  all 
other  supplies,  conduct  their  own  enterprises  of  every 
desirable  kind,  it  would  soon  be  able  to  solve  the  labor 
problem  of  the  United  States.  Mr.  Badger  asked  Mr. 
Sutta  how  he  would  start  such  an  organization,  and  what 


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plan  lie  would  suggest  to  operate  it  upon.  Mr.  Sutta  re¬ 
plied  that  lie  would  call  it  the  New  Era  Enion,  as  it 
would  indeed  soon  realize  a  new  era  of  happiness  and 
prosperity  for  all  who  would  obey  the  law,  that  in  union 
there  is  strength. 

Eacdi  man  and  woman  joining  the  Union  would  be 
examined  by  the  civil  service  department  as  to  their 
ability  to  be  useful  and  put  at  work  at  that  kind  of  ser¬ 
vice  they  would  be  most  competent  to  succeed  at.  To 
provide  for  authority  and  system,  as  well  as  not  to  con¬ 
flict  with  present  laws,  the  organization  would  be  in¬ 
corporated  and  the  stock  placed  in  the  hands  of  trustees, 
who  could  be  depended  upon  to  elect  a  board  of  directors 
who  could  be  depended  upon  to  be  faithful  to  their  duties 
and  competent  to* execute  the  work  required  of  them. 

To  enable  the  members  to  legislate  for  themselves, 
each  degree  of  members  would  belong  to  a  council  for 
its  respective  degree,  and  enact  such  laws  for  their 
own  government  as  the  majority  would  decide  upon, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  a  majority  of  the  higher  coun¬ 
cils  and  executive  officers,  to  preserve  uniformity  and 
solidity  among  all  the  members  of  the  New  Era  Union. 

To  prevent  the  abuse  of  the  power  necessarily  given 
to  the  highest  executive  of  the  organization,  as  without 
a  central  final  authority  there  would  always  be  friction 
and  confusion,  the  New  Era  Union  would  adopt  the  plan, 
by  which  any  of  the  members  in  good  standing  of  the 
New  Era  Union  would  have  the  right  to  appeal  from  any 
act  of  the  chief  executive,  and  a  majority  of  all  members 
voting  for  or  against  an  act  appealed  from  would  be 
final,  so  that  the  majority  of  the  New  Era  Union  would 
really  govern  its  affairs. 

As  gold  is  the  measure  of  value  of  all  wealth  all 
over  the  world,  and  will  purchase  land,  buildings,  sup¬ 
plies,  machinery,  etc.,  much  quicker  and  to  better  ad¬ 
vantage  to  begin  with,  then  these  necessary  things  could 
be  produced,  I  would  have  the  New  Era  Union  issue 
bonds,  secured  by  first  lien  on  all  its  assets,  payable  in 
gold,  at  a  time,  say  twenty-five  years  hence  or  longer, 
when  it  would  be  sure  to  have  produced  whatever  gold 
was  necessary  to  pay  these  bonds.  With  a  gold  mining 
department  to  produce  its  own  gold,  they  could  re¬ 
deem  these  bonds  and  stop  the  interest  as  fast  as  pos¬ 
sible.  With  a  sufficient  rate  of  interest  to  induce  capital¬ 
ists  to  invest  in  these  bonds,  rather  than  to  leave  so  many 


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hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars  lying  idle,  as  at  present, 
t lie  members  of  the  New  Era  Union  could  use  the  pro¬ 
ceeds  of  them  to  purchase  land  and  supplies  and  start 
all  kinds  of  industries,  to  be  operated  by  themselves. 

They  could  at  once  begin  the  erection  of  a  grand 
model  city,  to  contain  a  permanent  world’s  exposition 
and  emporium,  to  commemorate  the  close  of  this  cen¬ 
tury,  by  far  the  most  important  in  the  history  of  this 
world,  especially  to  Americans.  They  could  there  show 
the  highest  degree  of  art,  science  and  skill  in  every  use¬ 
ful  industry  to  the  best  advantage,  with  the  industries 
all  in  operation  by  themselves,  producing  everything  de¬ 
sired  for  their  own  comfort  and  prosperity. 

It  would  be  far  easier  to  organize  the  work  and  carry 
it  on  successfully,  to  the  extent  that  every  man  and  wo¬ 
man  in  the  United  States  could  have  an  opportunity  to 
earn  their  own  living,  under  the  most  favorable  condi¬ 
tions  possible,  than  it  would  be  to  organize  an  army  of 
far  less  numbers. 

The  day  for  lighting  has  gone  by.  The  masses  of  the 
people  are  sufficiently  enlightened  to  know  that,  by  go¬ 
ing  to  war,  they  only  kill  each  other  and  destroy  wealth 
that  they  must  go  to  work  again  and  replace. 

The  military  system  and  titles  of  the  United  States 
army  should  be  used  by  the  New  Era  Union,  and  the 
battle  should  be  waged  fiercely,  by  all  members  to  abol¬ 
ish  poverty  and  enforced  idleness,  and  attain  peace,  hap¬ 
piness  and  prosperity  for  all  its  members  on  a  basis  of 
justice  and  reciprocity. 

I  have  decided,  said  Mr.  Sutta,  that  the  time  is  ripe 
to  begin  this  work,  and  am  going  to  Denver  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  calling  a  meeting  of  the  leading  business  men, 
and  endeavor  to  get  them  to  help  get  this  work  started. 

All  those  present  said  they  thought  that  the  plans 
suggested  by  Mr.  Sutta  were  decidedly  desirable  and 
practical,  and  that  they  hoped  he  would  succeed,  and 
wished  him  God  speed  in  his  work  of  getting  them  car¬ 
ried  out. 


CHAPTER  II. 


A  MEETING  HAS  BEEN  CALLED  BY  T.  A.  SUTTA  FOR  THOSE 
INTERESTED,  TO  CONSIDER  WAYS  AND  MEANS  TO  GET 
THE  PLANS  FOR  THE  NEW  ERA  MODEL  CITY  AND  NEW 
ERA  UNION  BEFORE  THE  PEOPLE  OF  THE  UNITED 
STATES,  IN  THE  PARLORS  OF  THE  BROWN  PALACE 
HOTEL,  DENVER,  COLO.— PRESENT :  SERGEANT,  STEW¬ 
ART,  RIPLEY,  BOTTOM,  JOHNSON,  MC  GAFFEY  AND 
BEYER,  STANDING  AND  CONVERSING. 

SERGEANT.  I  understand,  gentlemen,  that  you 
are  very  much  interested  in  Ah*.  Sutta’s  plans  for  a  model 
city? 

BEYER.  I  can  not  understand  how  any  one  could 
not  be.  They  seem  to  me  to  so  completely  provide  the 
opportunity  for  all  who  desire  to  secure  comfortable 
homes  and  congenial,  profitable  employment,  that  every 
one  who  wants  the  people  to  be  prosperous  and  happy 
should  be  interested  in  them. 

STEWART.  I  am  anxious  to  have  Mr.  Sutta  suc¬ 
ceed  because  he  works  so  hard  and  without  any  considera¬ 
tion  for  his  own  interests.  I  know  that  he  has  refused 
tempting  propositions  to  give  his  time  and  wonderful 
energy  to  other  lines  of  work,  but  he  refuses  to  consider 
anything  that  is  not  directly  for  the  benefit  of  humanity. 

SERGEANT.  I  have  found  from  my  own  experience 
that  kind  of  work  does  not  pay  the  originators  of  it.  I 
wonder  how  Mr.  Sutta  has  managed  to  live  while  en¬ 
gaged  at  it. 

RIPLEY.  That  is  the  smallest  part  of  Mr.  Sutta’s 
troubles.  He  can  adjust  himself  to  any  condition,  and 
can  always  make  all  the  money  he  wants  whenever  he 
makes  up  his  mind  to  give  his  attention  to  it. 

BOTTOM.  Now  that  he  is  ready  to  go  before  the 
public  with  his  plans  for  the  Model  City,  he  will  need  a 
great  deal  of  money;  that  is  why  I  hope  this  meeting 
will  be  a  success  in  securing  help. 

JOHNSON.  Mr.  Sutta  has  sold  several  gold  mines 
lately  and  made  a  large  sum  of  money,  and  that  is  why  he 


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is  now  ready  to  do  all  in  his  power  to  help  the  people  to 
become  self-supporting. 

McGAFFEY.  I  want  to  see  the  plans  of  Mr.  Sutta 
carried  out,  as  they  are  the  nearest  to  realizing  the  ideals 
and  principles  of  the  Masons,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Odd 
Fellows  and  other  fraternal  orders,  of  anything  I  have 
ever  heard  of,  and  I  believe  they  will  help  to  carry  them 
out. 

Messrs.  Win.  and  R.  More,  Busby,  Powell  and  Inger- 
soll  enter. 

SERGEANT.  Hello,  gentlemen;  so  you  are  inter¬ 
ested  in  the  big  scheme  also,  are  you? 

BUSBY.  The  bigger  the  better  for  me.  I  am  getting 
tired  of  this  stagnation  in  business;  I  want  something 
big  to  wake  things  up. 

INGERSOLL.  Same  here.  Ever}7  one  is  waiting  for 
something  to  occur  to  start  up  business  and  make  things 
lively  again,  and  this  big  scheme  of  Mr.  Sutta’s  is  the 
only  thing  that  I  know  of  that  will  do  it.  It  is  a  terribly 
big  thing  to  think  of,  and  when  I  first  heard  of  it  I 
thought  it  would  take  about  a  hundred  years  to  accom¬ 
plish,  but  I  see  Mr.  Sutta  is  moving  right  straight  along, 
fully  confident  that  his  plans  for  the  New  Era  Union  and 
the  grand  Model  City  will  be  carried  out  in  the  near 
future.  He  is  a  hustler  and  the  only  man  in  the  world 
that  I  know  of  that  can  make  it  possible  to  accomplish 
such  wonderful  results. 

R.  MORE.  I  don’t  believe  you  understand  the  won¬ 
derful  power  of  thought,  Mr.  Ingersoll.  The  idea  of  the 
World’s  Columbian  Exposition  had  to  first  enter  the 
mind  of  one  man,  then  two,  then  four  and  so  on,  until,  in 
spite  of  the  severe  opposition  from  a  number  of  the  very 
men  who  afterwards  helped  to  make  it  a  success,  it  was 
possible  to  load  up  a  special  train  in  Chicago  with  the 
leading  millionaires  of  the  city  and  send  them  on  to 
Washington  and  raise  $5,000,000  within  a  few  hours,  in 
addition  to  a  previous  $5,000,000  to  secure  its  location  at 
Chicago  instead  of  New  York.  Again  we  see  it  illustrated 
in  our  case  here  to-night.  Because  Mr.  Sutta  insists  that 
the  grand  New  Era  Model  City  is  possible  and  practical, 
and  goes  right  ahead  to  accomplish  it,  already  quite  a 
number  are  discussing  it,  and  every  one  admits  the  desir¬ 
ability  of  the  Model  City  and  New  Era  Union;  they  will 
also  see  how  possible  it  is  when  they  find  out  how  won- 


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derfully  complete  Mr.  Sutta's  plans  are.  We  are  living 
in  the  age  of  big  things,  and  the  world  needs  and  must 
have  this  Grand  New  Era  Model  City. 

Enter  Mrs.  Prof.  O.  S.  Fowler.  She  is  greeted  by  the 
gentlemen,  as  they  are  all  acquainted. 

POWELL.  I  am  glad  to  see  you  here,  Mrs.  Fowler. 
Then  you  are  interested  in  this  big  Model  City  also? 

MRS.  FOWLER.  Yes,  of  course  I  am.  I  feel  that  it 
is  so  important  that  Mr.  Sutta’s  plans  should  be  carried 
out  that  I  was  very  glad  to  come  here. 

STEWART.  Have  you  studied  the  plans  carefully, 
Mrs.  Fowler? 

MRS.  FOWLER.  Yes,  Mr.  Sutta  has  read  them  over 
to  me,  and  I  fully  believe  that  such  a  grand  enterprise  as 
this  New  Era  Model  City  is  what  the  world  needs  to  wake 
the  people  up  out  of  the  stagnation  and  selfishness  they 
are  getting  into.  People  are  not  acquainted  with  them¬ 
selves.  They  have  no  idea  what  the}'  can  accomplish 
because  they  do  not  try  to  do  anything  outside  of  their 
dull  routine  every-day  life.  The  world  needs  this  Grand 
Model  City  as  an  example  and  inspiration  to  mortals  to 
improve  and  develop  their  higher  faculties.  The  most  of 
the  people  are  living  solely  on  the  animal  plane  merely  to 
gratify  their  selfish  animal  desires,  no  matter  how  rich  or 
so-called  refined  they  may  be,  and  they  will  never  im¬ 
prove  until  they  desire  something  higher  and  better  than 
they  now  have.  The  Grand  New  Era  Model  City  will  be 
sure  to  arouse  that  desire  in  every  progressive,  ambitious 
person  in  the  world.  The  culmination  of  the  cycle  or  age 
is  nearing,  and  there  should  be  a  monument  to  the  de¬ 
velopment  of  the  race,  and  a  crowning  nucleus  for  man’s 
handiwork  left  to  future  generations  as  a  proof  of  his 
evolution  from  the  past  ages  of  confusion  and  chaos.  In 
no  way  can  Ibis  be  accomplished  more  fully,  and  perpetu¬ 
ated  with  more  honor,  and  utilize  and  lay  the  foundation 
for  future  developments,  than  by  building  the  ideal  and 
typical  city  of  the  New  Era.  Equipped  with  all  the  in¬ 
ventive  genius  of  every  occupation  and  branch  of  indus¬ 
try,  this  city  should  be  fashioned  and  moulded  by  the 
highest  conception  of  the  progressive  human  mind.  Un¬ 
der  such  environments  the  higher  and  better  nature  of 
man  would  unfold  into  the  fullness  of  his  accumulated 
involuntary  growth,  until  the  soul  would  rise  triumphant 
above  the  crude  animal  human  into  the  well-rounded 


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human  being,  preparatory  to  the  budding  and  blossoming 
ot  the  soul  lor  its  highest  goal,  which  now  lies  masked 
by  the  environments  of  perplexities  and  annoyances  in 
all  the  present  walks  of  life.  The  want  of  order  and  sys¬ 
tem  to  economize  time  and  physical  energies  has  robbed 
man  of  his  inherent  capacities  to  a  marked  degree.  The 
age  lias  now  come  for  a  compilation  and  culmination  of 
all  the  highest  and  best  physical  and  mental  activities. 

le  foundation  of  the  New  System  of  living  should  be 
laid.  Humanity  demands  it  for  the  good  of  all.  Man 
must  be  up  and  doing  to  keep  up  to  the  requirements 
which  press  themselves  upon  him  with  the  evolution  of 
the  tune  and  cycle.  I  say,  let  man  give  proof  to  the  world 
of  his  superiority  in  order  and  system  by  perpetuating 
his  handiwork  in  this  memorial  city,  hoping  the  acts  of 

hlaJUt*Ie  Hfe  wil1  be  in  accordance  with  the  attributes 
of  the  Master  Builder  of  the  Universal  All. 

Mesdames  Fox,  Scott-Saxton,  Hidings  and  Conine 
enter,  and  are  greeted  all  around. 

MBS  FOWLER.  Good  evening,  ladies;  are  you  go¬ 
ing  to  help  build  the  big  Model  City? 

MRS.  FOX.  Yes,  anything  to  attain  happiness  and 
prosperity  for  those  who  have  to  work  so  hard  and  who 
barely  manage  to  exist  in  return  for  their  labor 

MRS.  SCOTT-SAXTON.  For  my  part,  I  have  come 
to  the  conclusion  that  if  some  grand  opportunity  like  the 
budding  of  this  New  Era  Model  City  will  afford,  is  not 
undertaken  soon,  we  will  see  the  people  become  desper- 
ate  and  resort  to  a  violent  revolution.  I  am  for  the  Model 

City  instead  of  the  violent  revolution  with  all  mv  heart 
and  soul.  J 


MRS.  IIL LINGS.  Well,  you  all  know  where  I  stand 
I  have  been  working  for  years  to  try  and  help  realize  the 
Father  s  Kingdom  on  Earth,  and  I  am  on  hand  at  any 
time  or  place  to  do  anything  in  my  power  to  help  attain 
it.  I  think  this  Grand  New  Era  Model  City,  as  planned 
i  t,e  by  far  the  most  important  work,  that 

should  appeal  to  every  soul  on  this  earth  who  has'  ever 
prayed,  “Thy  Kingdom  come,  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth 
as  it  is  in  heaven;”  that  is,  if  they  were  sincere  when  they 
prayed.  Of  course,  most  people  do  not  mean  their 
prayers,  they  don’t  know  who  they  are  praying  to  anv 
more  than  though  they  were  praying  to  empty  space.  The 
worst  of  it  is,  the  most  of  people  don’t  pretend  to  know 


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anything  about  the  Creator,  until  some  one  who  has  re¬ 
ally  studied  and  learned  something  about  the  All  Highest 
comes  along  and  tries  to  tell  them.  Then  they  get  light¬ 
ing  mad  at  once  and  call  them  infidels,  blasphemers,  free 
thinkers,  cranks  and  all  other  pet  names  they  can  think 
of,  because  the}7  don't  agree  with  their  own  narrow,  big¬ 
oted  beliefs.  Oh,  I  am  so  tired  of  this  stupid  hypocritical 
existence.  Why  can’t  we  live  in  earnest  and  for  a  pur¬ 
pose  higher  than  to  gratify  our  own  selfish  animal  de¬ 
sires? 

STEWART.  The  reason  I  hope  to  see  this  Grand 
New  Era  Model  City  fully  realized  is  because  I  believe 
Mr.  Sutta  is  capable  of  accomplishing  anything  he  un¬ 
dertakes,  I  don't  care  how  large  or  apparently  impossible. 
In  fact,  the  only  reason  why  he  is  not  making  a  fortune 
every  year  is  because  he  will  not  waste  his  time  with 
small  things,  as  he  calls  even  ordinary  large  enterprises. 
Since  I  have  learned  what  a  grand  woman  his  mother 
was,  I  am  not  surprised  so  much  at  Mr.  Sutta’s  wonder¬ 
ful  ability  and  energy. 

RIPLEY.  His  mother  is  living,  is  she  not? 

STEWART.  No,  she  died  last  summer.  Mr.  Sutta 
handed  me  a  copy  of  the  Leader,  the  People’s  party  paper 
of  her  home  at  Portland,  Ore.,  with  an  editorial  about 
her  active  work  for  reform,  and  stating  that  she  gave  her 
life  to  helping  humanity.  I  have  it  with  me,  if  any  of 
you  care  to  read  it. 

MRS.  FOWLER.  Please  read  it  out  loud,  so  that 
we  can  all  hear  it.  We  are  early,  and  there  may  be  time 
before  the  meeting. 

(Mr.  Stewart  takes  paper  out  of  his  pocket  and 
reads:) 

“Died,  at  her  home  in  this  city,  July  18,  1895,  Mrs. 
Delia  Stuart  Sutta.  Age  55.  It  is  with  the  deepest  sor- 
row  that  we  announce  the  early  demise  of  this  grand  and 
noble  woman.  In  her  death  the  cause  of  reform  in  this 
city  and  state  has  lost  one  of  its  most  beloved  and  best 
workers.  In  fact,  her  death  was  undoubtedly  due  to  over¬ 
work  in  the  cause  of  humanity,  and  it  can  be  truthfully 
said  of  her  that  she  gave  her  life  to  the  oppressed  of  the 
earth.  Mrs.  Sutta  was  born  in  Rockland,  Maine,  and  re¬ 
moved  to  California  in  1857.  In  the  various  charitable 
and  intellectual  societies  with  which  she  was  identified. 


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she  was  a  leader.  Her  broad  views,  her  liberal  concep¬ 
tion  of  right  and  wrong,  and  her  untiring  zeal  never  failed 
to  enthuse  her  associates  and  win  their  admiration.  The 
societies  to  which  she  became  most  attached  were  the 
Academy  of  Socialism,  of  which  she  held  the  position  of 
Secretary  and  Treasurer;  the  Ladies’  Auxiliary  to  the 
First  Secular  Church.  For  the  third  time  she  was  elected 
Secretary  of  the  Christian  Union  Society,  a  branch  organ¬ 
ization  of  the  Unitarian  Church,  which  position  she  held 
at  the  time  of  her  death.  Also  was  very  active  as  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  Knights  of  Labor  and  People’s  party,  and  was 
especially  interested  in  trying  to  improve  the  condition  of 
the  working  people.  She  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  Ly¬ 
ceum  work  and  general  discussions  in  the  First  Spiritual 
Society,  and  among  these  people  counted  many  of  her 
warmest  friends.  Her  religious  views  may  be  said  to  be 
agnostic,  as  she  did  not  become  a  member  of  any  church, 
although  she  fully  accepted  the  truths  of  the  Bible,  and 
got  most  of  her  inspiration  from  the  example  and  teach¬ 
ings  of  Jesus.  She  was  to  be  found  working  wherever 
her  services  would  aid  in  the  uplifting  and  advancement 
of  men  and  women.  With  the  many  floral  tributes  were 
the  following  touching  memorials: 

“  ‘A  token  of  appreciation  and  esteem  to  the  memory 
of  Delia  Stuart  Sutta,  worthy  sister  in  the  Portland 
Academy  of  Socialism.  By  living  in  accord  with  the  prin¬ 
ciples  of  this  society,  Justice,  Equity,  Fraternity,  Sister 
Sutta  won  for  herself  an  eternal  resting  place  in  the 
hearts  of  all  who  knew  her.  A  friend  of  the  oppressed, 
a  gentle  dispenser  of  love  and  charity,  and  a  councilor  of 
truth  and  justice,  the  world  is  better  for  her  having  lived. 
Rest,  sister,  rest  in  peace,  and  a  grateful  people  will  one 
day  honor  you  by  practicing  the  precepts  you  so  nobly 
advocated.’  Also:  ‘A  tribute  of  love  to  the  memory  of 
Delia  Stuart  Sutta,  beloved  sister  in  the  Woman’s  Aux¬ 
iliary  of  the  First  Secular  Church.  A  true  life  fraught 
with  deeds  of  kindness  and  acts  of  charity,  benevolence 
and  love,  needs  no  monument  of  stone  to  insure  remem¬ 
brance.  It  lives  forever  in  tin'  hearts  and  minds  of  those 
whose  lives  she  blest.’  The  beautiful  floral  tributes 
placed  upon  her  coffin  by  the  various  societies  were 
touching  memorials  of  the  high  esteem  in  which  she  was 
held,  and  were  emblematic  of  the  pure  and  useful  life 
she  lived.  Mrs.  Sutta  has  passed  from  our  mortal  sight, 
but  her  kind  words  and  noble  deeds  will  live  forever.” 


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MRS.  FOWLER.  It  seems  sad  that  a  woman  wlio 
could  do  so  much  good  in  the  world  should  die  so  young. 

STEWART.  Mr.  Sutta  says  the  statement  of  the 
editor  of  this  paper,  that  her  death  is  due  to  overwork 
for  the  cause  of  humanity,  is  fully  confirmed  by  letters  he 
has  received  from  her  friends.  An  examination  showed 
no  vital  organ  diseased;  her  death  resulted  from  the 
wearing  out  of  her  nerves  and  strength  by  trying  to  carry 
the  sufferings  of  the  world  on  her  shoulders,  and  not  hav¬ 
ing  enough  help  to  bear  the  burden,  as  some  of  her  friends 
expressed  it.  At  a  subsequent  memorial  meeting  in  the 
G.  A.  R.  Hall  in  Portland,  to  pay  tribute  to  her  memory, 
her  friends  spoke  of  her  as  one  whose  heart  was  con¬ 
stantly  bleeding  for  humanity.  From  my  experience 
with  Mr.  Sutta,  he  is  the  counterpart  of  his  mother,  only 
intensified  many  times,  for  he  dares  to  determine  to  ac¬ 
complish  that  which  most  earnest  natures  would  only 
hope  for  in  the  dim  future. 

Enter  ex-Governor  Waite  and  Mr.  Edbrooke,  who 
greet  those  present,  the  most  of  whom  have  now  taken 
seats. 

WAITE  (to  Edbrooke).  I  understand  that  you  are  at 
work  drawing  the  plans  for  the  Grand  New  Era  Model 
City? 

EDBROOKE.  Yes,  I  told  Mr.  Sutta  I  should  be  glad 
to  help  him  all  I  could,  and  he  asked  me  to  prepare  a  plat 
of  the  Model  City  as  he  has  planned  it. 

Enter  Gov.  Adams,  ex-Gov.  Mclntire,  Senators  Wol¬ 
cott  and  Teller,  and  J.  J.  Hagerman,  who  bow  to  those 
present. 

WAITE.  I  must  say,  gentlemen,  this  is  encouraging 
to  see  so  many  of  you  Republicans  here.  If  you  are  sin¬ 
cere  in  being  willing  to  help  build  this  Grand  New  Era 
Model  City  on  the  cooperative  system  of  the  New  Era 
Union,  as  proposed  by  Mr.  Sutta,  the  occupation  of  the 
reformers  will  soon  be  gone. 

ADAMS.  You  know,  Mr.  Waite,  that  I  am  anxious 
to  do  all  I  can  to  help  develop  the  resources  of  Colorado, 
and  if  this  Grand  New  Era  Model  City  is  built,  it  will 
afford-  a  market  for  large  quantities  of  our  iron,  marble, 
granite  and  other  building  material  and  resources,  and 
who  knows  but  that  we  may  secure  its  location  for  Colo¬ 
rado? 


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TELLER.  There  is  one  thing  sure,  there  is  no  finer 
location  in  the  world  for  such  a  Grand  Model  City  than 
here  in  Colorado.  We  have  almost  every  kind  of  ma¬ 
terial  and  production  in  our  State  that  will  be  needed 
to  build  and  maintain  such  a  city,  and  there  certainly 
could  not  be  a  finer  climate  found  anywhere  in  the  world. 

WOLCOTT.  Yes,  Colorado  is  the  ideal  place  for 
this  Grand  New  Era  Model  City,  and  it  should  be  built 
here  by  all  means. 

HAGERMAX.  I  am  in  favor  of  going  ahead  and 
building  it  here  in  Colorado,  whether  the  people  of  the 
United  States  will  help  us  or  not.  The  resources  of  our 
State  could  build  and  maintain  several  such  model  cities 
as  Mr.  Sutta  proposes  and  then  they  would  hardly  be 
touched,  while  down  in  the  beautiful  Pecos  valley  of 
Xew  Mexico,  where  we  have  lately  spent  over  $4,000,000 
in  putting  in  an  irrigation  plant,  the  population  of  the 
entire  Lrnited  States  could  be  maintained  in  comfort. 

Enter  Hill,  Moffat,  Brown,  Gurley,  Sheedy,  Kountz, 
Howbert,  Routt  and  Fisk.  Nearly  all  have  taken  seats 
and  are  engaged  in  conversation  between  themselves. 

WAITE.  Well,  well,  this  is  too  good  to  be  true — 
to  see  you  conservative  rich  capitalists  coming  out  to  a 
meeting  like  this.  I  will  not  be  surprised  to  hear  that 
you  have  all  turned  Populists,  if  you  really  want  to  help 
the  working  people  of  the  country  secure  homes  in  such 
a  grand  place  as  the  Xew  Era  Model  City  will  be. 

HILL.  You  must  not  think  that  the  Populists  are 
the  only  friends  of  the  people,  Mr.  Waite.  I  think  the 
Republicans  are  doing  all  they  possibly  can  for  the 
working  people.  ATou  can  not  go  faster  than  the  people 
will  follow,  if  you  want  to  accomplish  anything  requir¬ 
ing  a  vote  of  the  majority  of  the  people.  When  I  was 
in  the  United  States  Senate  I  worked  hard  to  have  a 
bill  passed  providing  for  the  government  to  build  and 
operate  a  postal  telegraph,  and  was  defeated  for  reelec¬ 
tion  because  the  people  did  not  appreciate  the  advantage 
of  the  proposed  act. 

MOFFAT.  Yes,  Mr.  Waite,  you  will  find  out  some 
day,  if  you  have  not  already,  that  the  masses  of  the  so- 
called  working  people,  although  I  and  most  every  other 
business  man  works  harder  than  any  of  them,  are  their 
own  worst  enemies.  I  am  sure  you  worked  hard  enough 


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for  them,  and  then  they  turned  around  and  abused  you 
and  defeated  you  for  reelection. 

Several  other  prominent  ladies  and  gentlemen  of 
Denver  enter,  and  are  soon  joined  by  Stratton,  Campion, 
McLean,  Reed  and  Sutta.  All  take  seats  except  Sutta, 
who  stands  and  faces  those  present,  and  says: 

“I  am  very  much  pleased,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  to 
see  so  many  of  you  present  on  such  short  notice  as  1 
gave  you.  You  have  been  invited  here  to  consider  ways 
and  means  to  help  get  the  plans  and  ideas  for  the  New 
Era  Model  City  before  the  people  of  the  United  States. 
I  have  already  tried  to  get  those  present  interested  in 
these  plans  by  personal  visits  and  reading  portions  to 
those  of  you  who  would  spare  the  time,  but  that  plan 
is  altogether  too  slow,  and  I  should  be  glad  to  hear  any 
suggestions  for  a  better  one  from  any  of  you.  I  do  not 
think  it  is  necessary  to  consider  the  question  whether 
the  carrying  out  of  these  plans  is  desirable  or  not.  Those 
who  care  to  discuss  that  question  can  do  so  when  I  am 
not  present — I  have  no  time  to  waste  in  any  such  dis¬ 
cussion.  I  will  first  call  on  Mr.  Edbrooke  to  say  a  few 
words  as  to  what  he  thinks  of  the  plans  I  have  suggested. 
When  the  New  Era  Model  City  is  built,  I  hope  the  resi¬ 
dents  will  be  grateful  to  Mr.  Edbrooke  as  the  first  one 
to  give  me  any  substantial  help  in  realizing  them.  Al¬ 
though  he  is  a  very  busy  man,  and  I  was  a  perfect 
stranger  to  him  when  I  first  called,  still,  after  giving 
him  a  rough  outline  of  the  proposed  Model  City  in  less 
than  half  an  hour,  he  agreed  to  assist  me  all  he  could, 
and  is  now  preparing  preliminary  outlines  of  the  plan 
for  laying  out  the  cit,y.  1  am  also  grateful  for  the  help 
and  encouragement  that  Mrs.  Fowler  and  others  present 
have  given  me,  which  was  especially  valuable  at  the  time, 
for  I  will  confess  that  it  required  a  good  deal  of  courage 
to  seriously  decide  to  go  ahead  and  carry  out  this  enter¬ 
prise,  when  nearly  every  one  at  first  would  either  laugh 
at  or  ridicule  the  idea  of  its  being  possible.  I  know  there 
are  thousands  of  just  such  grand  souls  in  the  United 
States  as  these  ladies  and  gentlemen,  who  are  eager 
and  ready  to  go  to  work  in  earnest  to  help  in  every  way 
in  their  power,  and  when  they  are  all  united  and  or¬ 
ganized  into  the  different  degrees  of  the  New  Era  Union 
they  will  be  such  a  tremendous  power  as  to  overcome 
every  possible  obstacle  that  will  arise,  and  cause  the 


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New  Era  Model  City  to  be  built  in  such  a  short  time  as 
to  be  the  wonder  of  the  world  for  centuries  to  come. 
I  consider  Mr.  Edbrooke’s  opinion  very  valuable,  for  he 
is,  as  you  all  know,  one  of  the  leading  architects  and 
builders  of  the  great  West.  He  built  this  grand  and 
beautiful  Brown  Palace  Hotel,  which  we  are  now  in, 
as  well  as  many  other  of  the  finest  and  largest  buildings 
of  Denver  and  other  cities.  Will  you  kindly  favor  us, 
Mr.  Edbrooke,  with  a  few  words  as  to  what  you  think 
of  the  Model  City.” 

EDBROOKE.  I  have  carefully  considered  the  plans 
suggested  by  Mr.  Sutta  for  the  New  Era  Model  City,  and, 
to  be  brief.  I  will  say  that  I  am  sure  they  are  not  alone 
practical  and  possible  in  every  way,  but  absolutely  neces¬ 
sary  and  inevitable,  in  order  to  utilize  the  enormous 
amount  of  genius,  skill  and  resources  in  our  country, 
which  is  now  going  to  waste  or  doing  no  practical  good. 
The  grandest  part  of  this  New  Era  Model  City  is  perhaps 
beyond  the  capacity  of  most  people  to  appreciate,  unless 
they  have  been  extensive  builders.  The  idea  of  planning 
a  Grand  Model  City  and  have  the  plans  all  complete  be¬ 
fore  the  work  of  building  is  begun,  insuring  all  parts 
being  used  to  the  best  advantage,  will  be  the  means  of 
saving  so  much  labor  and  expense  that  this  Model  City, 
to  accommodate  over  one  million  population,  could  be 
built  at  less  than  half  the  expense  necessary  under  our 
present  haphazard  methods.  There  will  be  no  tearing- 
down  of  old  buildings,  digging  up  of  streets  after  they 
have  been  paved,  or  any  other  of  the  expensive  and 
tedious  work  now  necessary  in  our  present  cities,  while 
the  delightful  arrangement  of  t Be  public  buildings  and 
residences  in  circles  from  the  centre,  in  order  to  utilize 
all  to  the  best  possible  advantage,  is  the  grandest  idea 
ever  presented  to  the  world  that  I  know  of.  Of  course, 
it  is  a  gigantic  and  stupendous  work  to  carry  out  these 
plans,  and  I  fear  would  only  remain  a  dream  or  ideal 
to  be  longed  for,  for  many  years  to  come,  if  it  was  not 
for  the  tremendous  energy  and  faith  that  Mr.  Sutta  puts 
in  this  work.  He  simply  will  not  consider  delay  or  de¬ 
feat,  and  when  we  all  know  that  there  are  resources 
in  this  country  that  would  build  and  maintain  one  hun¬ 
dred  such  Model  Cities  as  Mr.  Sutta  proposes,  and  suf¬ 
ficient  idle  labor  to  build  such  a  city  every  three  years, 
by  the  system  of  the  New  Era  Union,  1  say  by  all  means 


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let  us  do  all  we  can  to  help  Mr.  Sutta,  instead  of  allow¬ 
ing  him  to  wear  himself  out  and  break  down  for  the  lack 
of  proper  help.  I  consider  the  New  Era  Union,  as 
planned  by  Mr.  Sutta,  is  more  important  than  the  Model 
City,  for  it  seems  to  me  to  be  the  only  way  to  avoid  the 
killing,  terrible  competition  that  is  forcing  labor  to  work 
for  a  bare  living. 

SUTTA.  In  talking  with  the  most  of  you  about  the 
many  new  wonderful  inventions  that  would  be  utilized 
in  the  Grand  New  Era  Model  City,  I  have  spoken  of  a 
new  motor  that  will  furnish  all  power  to  produce  light, 
heat  and  pow7er,  by  electricity,  at  less  cost  than  wrater 
can  be  supplied  for,  and  without  the  use  of  any  fuel 
whatever.  We  are  favored  by  having  present  with  us 
this  evening  the  gentleman  who  is  the  inventor  of  this 
wonderful  new7  discovery,  and  I  will  ask  him  to  favor  us 
with  a  few  words.  Mr.  McLean,  ladies  and  gentlemen. 

McLEAN.  It  is  very  encouraging,  ladies  and  gen¬ 
tlemen,  to  see  so  many  here  to-night,  who  are  the  most 
prominent  and  influential  citizens  of  our  state.  The 
great  trouble  every  one  has  to  contend  with  who  has  any 
new7  idea  to  present,  especially  if  it  is  such  a  radical 
change  from  anything  that  has  ever  been  done  before, 
as  the  work  Mr.  Sutta  and  I  are  engaged  in,  is  to  find 
people  with  influence  and  means  to  interest  themselves 
in  helping  to  realize  them.  We  know  that  nearly  every 
inventor  of  every  grand  and  useful  invention  that  has 
proven  a  blessing  to  all  mankind  has  had  to  endure  pov¬ 
erty  and  in  many  cases  persecution  and  abuse  before  he 
succeeds. 

I  wish  to  express  my  profound  respect  for  Mr.  Sutta 
and  feebly  thank  him  for  his  words  of  encouragement 
and  appreciation  of  wTliat  lie  is  pleased  to  term  my  won¬ 
derful  discovery  of  the  subtle  power  inherent  in  the  at¬ 
mosphere.  I  can  readily  see  how7  a  great  mind  like  Mr. 
Sutta’s  spurns  everything  but  the  highest  and  best 
methods  for  the  furthering  of  the  greatest  undertakings 
for  the  uplifting  of  mankind  yet  formulated  by  mortal 
mind,  viz.,  the  building  of  the  New  Era  City,  so  grandly 
sketched  in  the  plans  of  the  New  Era  Union.  So  com¬ 
plete  and  perfect  do  they  seem  that  were  I  permitted 
to  use  an  expression  deemed  by  some  irreverent,  I  would 
say  in  the  words  of  the  Revelator:  ‘‘Behold  the  New7 
Jerusalem,  come  dowrn  from  God  out  of  the  heavens.’’ 


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But  as  there  is  no  one  so  elegantly  fitted  to  describe 
this  triilj’  holy  city  as  its  founder  and  projector,  I  must 
leave  that  then  for  his  inspired  lips,  and  proceed  to  give 
you  in  as  few  words  as  possible  a  concept  of  my  humble 
endeavor  to  add  to  the  sum  of  human  happiness  through 
the  agency  of  a  power,  which,  strange  as  it  may  seem, 
has  till  now  eluded  discovery  and  utilization  in  anything 
but  the  crudest  and  most  primitive  methods. 

All  the  great  inventions  and  discoveries  of  the  past 
have  been  the  result  of  some  simple  incident,  which 
arrested  the  thought  of  some  one  wise  or  patient  enough 
to  trace  it  to  its  primal  source,  and  which  to  the  com¬ 
mon  observer  was  but  a  chance  happening.  Franklin 
flying  the  kite  had  doubtless  glimpses  of  the  practical 
utilization  of  the  electric  spark  thus  evoked  from  the 
simplest  of  all  experiments.  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  by  the 
fall  of  an  apple,  realized  the  great  law  so  simply  and 
practically  demonstrated.  Elias  Howe,  seeing  the  w’eary 
stitch  of  his  patient  wife,  was  lead  to  give  the  world  the 
sewing  machine.  James  Watt,  with  the  tipping  kettle 
lid,  got  an  idea  of  incalculable  benefit  to  the  industrial 
world,  and  marvelous  as  his  discovery  of  steam  was, 
yet  improvements  have  been  steadily  made  up  to  the 
present  time.  It  seems  as  if  the  limit  in  that  direction 
is  attained,  and  therefore  it  devolves  on  some  one  to 
discover  some  great  natural  force  to  supercede  it.  The 
trend  of  the  human  mind  in  its  search  for  power  with 
which  to  propel  the  various  mechanisms  devised  for  the 
purpose  of  lightening  the  burdens  of  man,  shortening 
the  time  required  to  pass  from  one  place  to  another, 
and  so  valuable  in  facilitating  the  commerce  of  the 
world,  has  been  confined  almost  entirely  to  the  methods 
of  producing  steam  by  fire  and  water. 

True,  of  late  years,  the  lightning  taken  from  the 
clouds  by  Franklin  has  been  harnessed  and  made  to 
perform  the  labor  of  millions  of  men,  and  it  will  be  of 
still  greater  benefit  to  mankind.  My  experience  impels 
me  to  say  that  greater  force  is  in  the  atmosphere.  It  is 
ever  around  us  ready  for  our  use.  and  without  it  life 
would  cease — the  grass,  the  trees,  the  flowers,  the  birds, 
and  every  living  creature  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  or 
in  the  water  beneath — would  instantly  perish.  Yea. 
without  it  the  sun,  the  earth,  the  moon  and  all  the  plan¬ 
ets  would  fall  in  utter  confusion,  and  all  would  end  in 


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chaos.  This  element  so  essential  is  the  air  we  breathe. 
Well  has  the  poet  said: 

God  moves  in  mysterious  ways, 

His  wonders  to  perform; 

He  plants  His  footsteps  in  the  sea, 

And  rides  upon  the  angry  storm. 

Here  is  an  element  which,  when  calm  and  serene, 
is  so  gentle  that  its  power  is  not  felt  by  even  the  suckling 
babe.  Disturb  its  tranquillity  to  a  certain  extent  and 
you  raise  a  tempest.  Go  further,  and  the  mighty  cyclone, 
carrying  death  and  destruction  in  its  path,  is  upon  you. 
It  is  the  power  that  holds  in  space  vast  planets  and 
sends  them  in  their  course  around  one  common  centre. 
It  is  ever  read}'  and  quick  to  perform  its  work.  To 
adapt  this  element,  so  universal  and  yet  so  potent,  to 
the  wants  of  my  fellow  man  has  been  the  work  of  the 
best  years  of  my  life.  It  is  something  over  five  years 
ago  I  was  attracted  to  the  incalculable  amount  of  en¬ 
ergy  (reaching  almost  unlimited  power)  displayed  in 
the  cyclone,  caused  b}^  the  coalescence  of  atmospheric 
currents,  by  which  a  vacuum  is  formed,  which,  for  a  time 
and  until  the  causes  that  set  it  in  motion  are  exhausted, 
simply  proves  irresistible.  The  question  was  how  to 
produce  the  same  condition  and  at  the  same  time  con 
tinuous,  converting  the  energy  direct  into  rotary  motion. 
So  now,  after  many  years  of  scientific  study  and  re¬ 
search,  I  make  the  bold  claim  to  harness  the  energy 
of  the  cyclone,  making  it  perfectly  obedient  to  the  will 
of  the  operator,  displacing  at  a  bound  all  other  methods 
of  power  production.  It  will  in  no  sense  be  a  compet¬ 
itor  with  that  great  force,  electricity,  but  will  work  in 
perfect  harmony  with  it,  lifting  from  the  shoulders  of 
toil  a  heavy  burden  which  the  present  crude  systems  en¬ 
tail.  The  adoption  of  this  greater  force,  the  air,  as  a 
motive  power,  will  solve  a  great  many  of  the  knotty 
problems  of  the  age,  such  as  electric  heating,  increasing 
rapid  transit,  higher  speed  in  ocean  navigation,  the 
emancipation  of  horses  from  road  traffic,  the  fast  dimin¬ 
ishing  coal  supply,  the  smoke  nuisance  in  cities,  cheap 
treatment  of  low  grade  ore;  in  fact,  there  is  not  an  in¬ 
dustry  extant  which  will  not  be  immediately  stimulated 
and  benefited  by  its  introduction.  It  will  be  so  pro¬ 
nounced  an  advance  over  other  methods  that  there  will 
be  no  hesitancy  in  exchanging  the  old  for  the  new. 


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Really,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  after  all  my  years  of 
research,  I  am  forced  to  admit  that  the  very  simplicity 
of  the  principle  has  been  the  chief  stumbling  block  to 
the  discovery  of  it  long  ere  now  by  the  scientific  world. 
Had  it  been  a  hundred  times  more  complex  it  would 
have  been  unveiled  long  ago,  and  your  humble  servant 
would  not  stand  before  you  as  the  discoverer.  That  all 
pervasive  subtle  thing  we  breathe,  to  think  it  contains 
within  itself  almost  omnipotent  force;  but  so  it  is.  Not 
alone  to  the  fancy  of  the  inspired  artist  is  it  given  to 
see  the  wind  in  harness,  but  in  very  truth,  by  the  aid 
of  a  humanly  constructed  mechanism,  can  the  wind  gods 
grind  your  corn,  carry  you  whither  you  will,  do  your 
bidding  in  a  thousand  ways  more  wonderful  that  the 
genii  of  old. 

I  now  thank  you,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  for  your  kind 
attention,  only  reminding  you  that  a  card  of  invitation 
is  yours  to  attend  the  unveiling  of  the  first  motor  soon 
to  revolve,  not  metaphorically  but  literally,  with  the 
speed  of  the  wind.  It  is  entirely  in  order  and  appro¬ 
priate  that  my  new  motor  should  be  considered  in  con¬ 
nection  with  such  a  grand  enterprise  as  this  New  Era 
Model  City  that  Mr.  Sutta  is  the  inventor  of.  In  fact, 
the  tremendous  economy  in  labor  and  capital  by  the  use 
of  my  air  motor  over  any  other  system  of  producing 
light,  heat  and  power  will  make  the  building  of  an  en¬ 
tire  new  city,  to  utilize  my  new  motor,  of  less  trouble 
and  more  practicable  than  to  attempt  to  re  model  our 
present  cities  lo  utilize  it.  Like  Mr.  Edbrooke,  I  con¬ 
sider  the  building  of  the  New  Era  Model  City  as  in¬ 
evitable,  and  after  the  first  steps  of  carrying  out  these 
plans  have  been  taken,  the  progress  towards  attaining 
all  that  Mr.  Sutta  has  planned  will  be  so  rapid  as  to  make 
it  possible  for  the  Grand  New  Era  Model  City  to  be  built 
and  occupied  by  the  year  11)00. 

StTTTA.  Many  of  you  present  are  aware  that  I 
have  been  considering  and  examining  some  of  the  most 
promising  gold  properties  that  I  could  learn  of,  as  be¬ 
ing  on  the  market  and  worthy  of  consideration,  in  Colo¬ 
rado,  California  and  New  Mexico  for  some  time  past, 
with  the  purpose  of  utilizing  any  that  might  prove  very 
valuable  in  helping  to  build  this  New  Era  Model  City. 
In  this  work  I  have  had  the  assistance  of  some  of  the 
most  reliable  and  successful  gold  miners  and  mineral 


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experts  in  the  country.  Among  these  none  are  more 
prominent  or  reliable  than  Mr.  Stratton  and  Mr.  Cam¬ 
pion,  and  these  gentlemen  have  been  so  kind  as  to  make 
a  thorough  personal  examination  and  test  of  one  hun¬ 
dred  different  gold  properties  that  I  had  finally,  after  all 
my  work,  selected  as  the  most  desirable  of  all  the  gold 
properties  available  in  California,  New  Mexico  and  Colo¬ 
rado  at  the  present  time.  These  gentlemen  have  favored 
us  with  their  presence  this  evening,  and  I  will  first  call 
on  Mr.  Campion  to  say  a  few  words  about  the  work  he 
has  been  doing  for  me.  Mr.  Campion,  ladies  and  gentle¬ 
men. 

CAMPION.  I  ought  to  thank  Mr.  Sutta  for  his 
kind  words,  but  have  simply  tried  to  do  my  work  to  the 
very  best  of  my  ability,  and,  of  course,  am  pleased  to 
have  it  appreciated.  1  have  taken  more  than  usual  pains, 
if  possible,  to  make  a  thorough  and  reliable  examination 
of  all  these  gold  properties  submitted  to  me  by  Mr. 
Sutta,  for  I  want  him  to  make  a  grand  success  of  gold 
mining  to  help  build  the  Grand  New  Era  Model  City. 
His  plan  to  dig  a  part  of  the  gold  out  of  our  mountains 
to  help  build  this  Model  City  is  a  practicable  one,  and 
I  want  to  help  him  avoid  making  any  mistakes  by  se¬ 
curing  properties  that  can  be  depended  upon  to  be  prof¬ 
itable  producers  of  gold.  I  have  had  many  years  of 
experience  in  prospecting  and  operating  all  kinds  of  min¬ 
ing  properties  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  where 
valuable  mineral  is  found,  and  I  say  frankly  that  I  be¬ 
lieve  Mr.  Sutta  has  secured  the  very  best  mining  prop¬ 
erties  that  are  available  anywhere  in  this  country.  I 
believe,  with  our  present  knowledge  and  facilities  for 
testing  and  thoroughly  prospecting  gold  properties,  that 
very  few  chances  need  be  taken  in  making  sure  and  prof¬ 
itable  selections.  I  find  most  of  the  properties  submit¬ 
ted  to  me  by  Mr.  Sutta  to  be  true  fissure  veins,  with  a 
character  and  grade  of  gold  ore  that  insures  their  con¬ 
taining  many  millions  of  dollars  worth  of  gold  each.  The 
balance  of  the  properties  submitted  show  considerable 
value,  and,  in  fact,  would  no  doubt  be  very  profitable 
to  work  if  there  were  no  better  ones,  but  as  Mr.  Sutta 
only  proposes  to  secure  the  best,  I  find  fifty  are  much 
the  most  valuable,  and  recommend  them  as  the  most 
certain  to  pay  immense  profits.  I  have  made  a  full,  de¬ 
tailed  report  in  writing  of  my  work,  and  have  submitted 
it  to  Mr.  Sutta,  from  which  he  can  quote  as  he  sees  fit. 


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SUTTA.  We  would  like  to  hear  from  you,  Mr. 
Stratton,  if  you  please.  Mr.  Stratton,  ladies  and  gentle¬ 
men. 

STRATTON.  I  do  not  wish  to  take  any  of  your 
time,  as  it  is  not  necessary  that  I  should.  I  have  ac¬ 
companied  Mr.  Sutta  and  Mr.  Campion  in  the  examina¬ 
tions  and  tests  of  these  gold  properties,  because  I  was 
glad  to  give  any  help  I  possibly  could  in  carrying  out 
the  plans  for  the  New  Era  Model  City.  If  any  experience 
or  ability  that  I  may  have  as  a  gold  miner  could  be  of 
any  help  to  Mr.  Sutta,  I  was  glad  to  give  it.  I  have 
such  complete  confidence  in  Mr.  Campion's  ability  and 
perfect  honest}7,  as  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  capable 
gold  mining  experts  in  the  United  States,  that  I  would 
not  hesitate  to  invest  in  any  gold  mining  proposition 
he  would  recommend,  if  I  was  able  to  spare  the  money. 
I»ut  in  addition  to  having  this  confidence  in  Mr.  Campion, 
I  have,  as  requested  by  Mr.  Sutta,  made  my  own  thor¬ 
ough  examinations  and  tests  of  the  hundred  properties 
submitted,  and  have  also  prepared  a  full,  detailed  re¬ 
port  to  Mr.  Sutta,  that  he  can  use  as  he  sees  fit.  There 
is  no  doubt  whatever  as  to  the  great  value  of  these  prop¬ 
erties  that  we  specially  recommend.  All  that  is  neces¬ 
sary  is  sufficient  capital  to  develop  and  operate  them, 
when  they  are  sure  to  produce  many  millions  of  dollars 
worth  of  gold. 

SUTTA.  (Referring  to  both  reports.)  These  re¬ 
ports  of  both  Mr.  Campion  and  Mr.  Stratton  are  very 
complete  and  thorough,  and  agree  in  nearly  every  par¬ 
ticular  point.  They  show  that  of  the  hundred  properties 
examined,  tifty  of  them  should  produce  ore  on  an  aver¬ 
age  of  at  least  £20  per  ton,  and  practically  in  unlimited 
quantity.  Some  of  the  assays  show  values  in  the  thou¬ 
sands  of  dollars  per  ton,  but  to  be  perfectly  safe  we  place 
the  average  at  £20.  A  ith  the  proper  developing  and 
machinery  for  mining  and  milling,  an  output  of  one 
hundred  tons  per  day  for  each  of  these  fifty  properties 
could  be  depended  on  for  years  to  come.  At  £20  per 
ton  these  fifty  properties,  on  that  basis,  would  produce 
£100,000  per  day,  or  about  £.30,000.000  per  year,  not  work¬ 
ing  Sundays,  of  course.  On  this  basis,  it  will  be  safe 
to  estimate  a  net  profit  from  operating  these  properties 
of  at  least  £10.000,000  per  year.  These  reports  show 
that  about  £10,000  is  necessary  to  properly  develop  and 


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equip  each  of  these  gold  properties  with  milling  and  min¬ 
ing  machinery.  I  do  not  think  there  is  any  one  here  who 
doubts  the  possibility  of  such  results  from  gold  mining 
in  this  part  of  the  United  States,  assuming  that  these 
properties  are  what  careful  and  reliable  examinations 
show  them  to  be.  You  are  familiar  with  the  results 
at  Cripple  Creek,  where  the  gold  output  is  now  nearly 
$1,000,000  dollars  per  month,  and  only  four  or  five  years 
ago  there  was  not  a  mine  in  operation,  and  the  entire 
country  there  was  only  supposed  to  be  good  for  a  cat¬ 
tle  pasture.  Any  one  who  will  take  the  trouble  to  learn 
the  facts  will  realize  that  there  are  a  number  of  gold 
districts  in  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  California  that 
are  likely  to  be  as  good  or  better  producers  than  Cripple 
Creek.  All  that  is  necessary  to  produce  as  large  an  out¬ 
put  of  gold  in  this  country  as  silver  ever  amounted  to, 
is  the  necessary  capital  to  develop  and  operate  the  many 
gold  properties  already  known  to  exist,  while  new  ones 
are  being  discovered  constantly.  I  have  introduced  the 
subject  of  gold  mining  in  connection  with  the  New  Era 
Model  City  to  show  that  we  have  a  foundation  to  work 
on  in  appealing  to  the  wealthy  people  of  the  country  for 
the  preliminary  working  capital  necessary  to  get  started 
with.  The  Denver  Republican  of  September  19,  1897,  has 
the  following  editorial,  headed  “Gold  Production:” 

GOLD  PRODUCTION. 

“It  is  estimated  that  the  gold  product  of  Australasia 
this  year  will  be  nearly  $14,000,000.  The  y  ield  of  South 
Africa  will  approach  the  same  figure.  The  United  States 
will  undoubtedly  produce  more  than  $50,000,000,  and  it 
will  therefore  retain  the  leadership. 

“It  will  be  gratifying  to  the  nation  as  a  whole  to 
retain  the  first  place,  but  that  is  not  what  Colorado 
wants.  Colorado  will  probably  take  first  place  among 
gold  producing  states  of  this  Union.  But  it  should  do  a 
great  deal  more  than  that.  It  should  equal  the  product 
of  Australia  or  of  South  Africa.  This  is  not  a  wild  as¬ 
sertion.  There  is  no  reason  why  it  should  not  increase 
its  production  to  that  extent.  The  gold  is  here.  The 
question  is  one  of  taking  it  out  of  the  ground.  Colorado 
will  this  year  approach  close  to  $20,000,000  in  its  gold 
product.  It  should  strive  to  reach  an  annual  yield  of 
$50,000,000  in  the  course  of  a  few  years.  It  is  a  worthy 
industrial  ambition  and  it  can  be  accomplished. 


By  Prominent  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  of  Colorado. 


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“The  production  of  gold  in  Colorado  in  not  so  much 
a  question  of  finding  the  yellow  metal  as  of  obtaining 
the  capital  with  which  to  develop  deposits  already  known 
to  exist.  Take  Cripple  Creek,  for  instance.  Any  man 
familiar  with  that  district  could,  with  reasonable  assur¬ 
ance  of  being  right,  name  as  many  properties  as  there 
are  now  regular  producers  which,  with  development, 
could  be  made  to  produce  as  much  as  the  shipping  mines 
referred  to.  But  it  will  take  a  long  time  to  accomplish 
this  by  sinking  gopher  holes  and  trusting  to  lessees. 
Cripple  Creek  will  produce,  in  the  aggregate,  this  year 
about  $12,000,000.  With  proper  development,  it  could 
produce  twice  that  amount. 

“The  Leadville  gold  belt  is  not  half  worked.  Three 
or  four  mines  are  producing,  when  there  should  be  as 
many  as  there  are  now  in  Cripple  Creek.  The  idea  that 
one  is  straining  the  truth  in  saying  that  Leadville  is  a 
gold  camp  is  all  wrong.  It  has  a  gold  belt,  which  en¬ 
titles  it  to  rank  close  up  to  the  Cripple  Creek  district. 
But  the  mineral  territory  is  not  developed.  It  takes  a 
great  deal  of  money  to  sink  shafts  deep  enough  to  strike 
the  gold  formation  at  Leadville,  and  the  difficulties  of 
contending  with  water  deter  men  from  risking  their 
money  in  that  way.  Yet  there  is  no  doubt  that  enormous 
profits  would  follow  investments  in  many  cases  of  that 
kind.  Gold  ought  to  take  the  old  place  of  silver  in  Lead¬ 
ville. 

“The  country  embraced  in  Gilpin,  Clear  Creek  and 
Boulder  counties  is  not  producing  nearly  as  much  gold  as 
it  would  if  it  were  adequately  developed.  In  probably 
a  still  more  emphatic  sense  this  is  true  of  Summit  county. 
It  is  true  also  of  the  district  of  which  Alma,  in  Park 
county,  is  the  center.  The  Telluride  district  is  another 
of  which  the  like  assertion  is  justified.  Besides  these, 
mention  may  be  made  of  Whisky  Park  and  other  districts 
in  the  northwest,  the  La  Plata  mountains  in  the  south¬ 
west,  and  the  Gunnison  gold  belt  in  Gunnison  county. 

“It  is  evident  (hat  it  would  be  no  wonderful  thing 
if  Colorado  should  produce  $50,000,000  in  gold,  provided 
capital  were  available  to  develop  its  gold  deposits.  It 
is  an  end  for  which  the  people  of  the  state  should  strive, 
and  one  of  the  most  effectual  ways  to  open  the  eyes  of 
the  East  to  these  opportunities  for  gold  mining  invest¬ 
ments  is  to  place  Colorado  ahead  of  California  this  year. 
Every  man  who  is  in  control  of  a  gold  mine  should  work  it 


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to  the  fullest  extent  possible  in  order  to  secure  for  Colo¬ 
rado  the  prestige  of  holding  the  first  rank  among  gold- 
producing  members  of  the  Union.” 

We  would  like  to  have  any  one  present  offer  any  re¬ 
marks  in  connection  with  the  subject  of  the  New  Era 
Model  City  (Takes  his  seat.) 

EX-GOV.  McINTIRE.  It  seems  to  me  the  next  step 
to  be  taken  to  realize  these  plans  is  for  Mr.  Sutta  to  go 
East  and  endeavor  to  secure  the  necessary  capital  to  de¬ 
velop  and  operate  some  of  these  gold  mines  that  Mr. 
Campion  and  Mr.  Stratton  report  so  favorably  upon.  By 
operating  even  a  few  of  these  mines  the  output  would  be 
so  large  as  to  provide  a  sum  sufficient  to  begin  the  work 
of  building  the  New  Model  City. 

WOLCOTT.  I  think  the  governor’s  suggestion  is 
the  only  thing  to  be  done.  The  heavy  shrinkage  in  values 
that  we  have  all  suffered  from  by  the  demonetization  of 
silver  has  left  us  all  very  short  of  surplus  capital,  and  the 
large  amount  of  money  necessary  to  even  develop  the 
gold  mines  will  require  the  capital  to  be  secured  in  the 
East,  where  they  are  now  supposed  to  have  plenty  of  it. 

GURLEY.  There  is  beginning  to  be  a  demand  for 
good  gold  mines  from  capitalists  in  the  East  and  in  Eu¬ 
rope.  I  should  think  Mr.  Sutta  ought  to  be  able  to  get 
what  capital  he  needs,  at  least  to  develop  the  gold  mines, 
by  going  East,  and  think  that  is  the  thing  for  him  to  do 
as  the  first  step  to  be  taken. 

MOFFAT.  The  only  inquiry  that  I  know  of  is  for 
well-developed  gold  mines  that  are  already  producing.  I 
can  sell  a  develox)ed  mine  with  plenty  of  gold  in  sight 
for  $1,000,000  easier  than  I  can  sell  a  good  prospect,  that 
may  turn  out  to  be  just  as  good  a  mine,  for  $10,000.  The 
capitalists,  especially  in  Europe,  want  some  one  else  to 
take  all  the  chances;  then  they  are  willing  to  pay  good 
prices  when  they  think  they  are  safe  in  doing  so. 

FISK.  I  tell  you,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  I  am  get¬ 
ting  tired  of  having  to  wait  for  Eastern  or  European  cap¬ 
ital  to  come  along  and  secure  all  our  choice  investments, 
and  then  keep  our  people  working  hard  to  make  them  a 
big  profit,  that  they  at  once  take  out  of  the  country  and 
use  to  maintain  themselves  in  luxury  in  the  East  or  in 
Europe,  while  our  working  people  are  barely  making  a 
living.  We  must  have  free  coinage  of  silver  in  order  that 
we  may  have  our  own  capital  to  develop  our  mines  and 
other  resources. 


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BROWN.  We  are  all  agreed  that  we  want  free  sil¬ 
ver,  but  the  great  question  with  all  of  us  in  the  immediate 
present  is  how  to  get  gold.  We  have  plenty  of  gold  in 
our  mountains,  as  we  all  know  and  as  these  reports  show. 
How  are  we  to  get  it  out  without  giving  all  the  profits 
away? 

REED.  I  do  not  want  to  appear  as  offering  advice 
to  you  gentlemen  who  have  had  so  much  practical  busi¬ 
ness  experience,  although  I  have  had  a  great  deal  of  busi¬ 
ness  experience  myself;  but  it  seems  to  me  a  good  idea 
for  the  state  of  Colorado  to  purchase  or  lease  a  number 
of  the  best  gold  mines  in  the  state,  and  issue  scrip  redeem¬ 
able  for  taxes  to  operate  them  with  until  they  produce  a 
profit  that  could  be  used  to  assist  in  starting  a  Grand 
Model  City  such  as  Mr.  Sutta  proposes.  What  is  the  use 
of  going  to  Europe  or  the  East  for  capital  when  our 
mountains  contain  hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars’  worth 
of  gold,  and  there  are  thousands  of  good  miners  in  our 
state  anxious  to  go  to  work  and  take  this  gold  out?  We 
also  have  thousands  of  farmers,  stock  men  and  fruit 
growers,  producing  a  surplus  of  food  to  feed  these  miners 
with,  and  all  they  need  is  the  legal  tender  to  exchange 
their  labor  or  productions  for.  Why  can’t  the  state  fur¬ 
nish  that  legal  tender  as  bonds  or  scrip? 

WAITE.  I  tried  to  carry  out  that  plan,  Mr.  Reed, 
when  I  was  governor,  but  the  money  lenders  caught  on  to 
the  fact  that  Colorado  would  soon  be  free  of  all  debt  by 
such  a  step  being  taken,  and  managed  to  control  enough 
of  the  legislature  to  prevent  my  carrying  it  out.  We 
are  completely  in  the  hands  of  the  money  power,  and  I 
see  no  way  to  help  it  until  the  people  get  tired  of  being 
under  bondage  to  them  and  are  sufficiently  in  earnest  and 
intelligent  to  free  themselves. 

MRS.  CONINE.  I  want  to  see  the  Model  City  built 
right  away,  and  I  think  the  suggestion  of  Gov.  Melntire 
for  Mr.  Sutta  to  go  East  and  appeal  to  the  capitalists  to 
help  get  it  started  is  the  best  plan. 

W.  MORE.  From  our  standpoint  nothing  is  impos¬ 
sible.  The  fully  rounded  out  human  can,  with  his  kingly 
fiat,  mould  lesser  minds  to  his  will;  but  where  such  power 
is  unfolded,  that  individual  has  climbed  the  steeps  up 
beyond  the  miasmatic  fogs  of  materiality  out  into  the 
purely  spiritual,  where  Jesus,  the  Jewish  teacher,  was 
when  he  said  to  the  young  man:  “Go  sell  all  thou  hast 


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and  give  to  the  poor;  then  come  and  follow  Me.”  Here 
was  a  mind  so  far  removed  from  the  dross  of  earth  that 
a  pre-requisite  to  His  disciplesliip  was  a  complete  surren¬ 
der  of  all  the  world  held  dear,  not  confiscated  to  promote 
some  selfish  scheme  of  His  own,  but  literally  given  to  the 
poor,  the  diggers  and  delvers,  who  are  still  in  and  of  the 
earth,  hence  an  absolute  necessity  to  their  growth.  In 
the  plan  of  the  New  Era  Union,  as  outlined  by  Mr.  Sutta, 
it  is  not  from  the  highest  mountain  tops  he  speaks,  but 
rather  as  John  the  Baptist.  A  candidate  for  initiation 
crying  out  in  the  vast  wilderness  of  earth’s  competitive 
system,  prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  Lord  through  a  better 
order  of  material  endea  vor  and  a  more  equitable  distribu¬ 
tion  of  wealth  among  the  toilers,  these  diggers  and  delv¬ 
ers  whom  the  teacher  of  old  called  the  poor.  Give  all 
thou  hast,  which  means  at  the  same  time  all  your  skill 
and  energy  can  procure  of  material  wealth,  to  the  poor, 
and  from  our  standpoint  this  act  of  giving  is  not*  one  of  a 
few  hours  or  days,  but  may  mean  a  life  span,  if  not  sev¬ 
eral  life  expressions,  or  until  the  candidate  is  prepared  to 
cross  the  threshold.  Such  a  work  we  believe  is  before 
our  friend  Sutta,  in  bringing  into  material  objective  form 
the  New  Era  City,  making  it  the  model  for  all  time  in  the 
transitional  stage  from  the  competitive  to  the  cooperative 
system.  There  are  probably  a  few  changes  which  could 
be  suggested,  such  as  inaugurating  the  system  without 
being  too  dependent  on  the  money  power  for  assistance; 
at  least,  so  far  as  issuing  to  them  interest-bearing  bonds, 
such  as  the  present  Washington  administration  are  doing 
so  recklessly.  If  this  bond  idea  is  inexpedient,  some  other 
method  must  be  substituted,  for  in  a  vast  enterprise  like 
this  there  is  much  preliminary  work,  such  as  land  pur¬ 
chase,  surveying,  erection  of  temporary  buildings,  as  also 
the  cost  of  sustaining  a  host  of  workmen  till  a  self-sup¬ 
porting  basis  is  reached.  This  may  mean  a  sum  of  any¬ 
where  from  $1,000,000  to  $5,000,000,  which  could  be  raised 
by  a  presentation  to  the  people  of  the  beauty  and  great 
necessity  there  is  for  such  a  system,  though  it  is  doubtful 
if  the  appeal  would  meet  with  any  great  success,  for  this 
reason:  There  are  scores  of  such  endeavors  that  have 
proven,  from  one  cause  or  another,  flat  failures,  and  even 
admitting  that  the  New  Era  System  is  transcendental  ly 
better  than  any  other  yet  mooted,  yet  to  the  great  mass 
of  humanity  it  would  count  but  one  of  a  vast  array  of  the¬ 
oretical,  unrealized  and  untried — therefore  to  them  un- 


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safe — ventures.  Mr.  Sutta  suggests  this  preliminary  cap¬ 
ital  be  made  in  gold  mining.  This  is  better,  it  is  true, 
than  depending  altogether  on  a  campaign  of  education 
among  the  masses;  but  the  chances  for  success,  even  in 
this  venture,  are  liable  to  be  very  uncertain,  and  at  least 
cause  considerable  delay,  before  the  capital  is  secured  and 
the  gold  mines  developed  sufficiently  to  produce  a  large 
profit.  Of  course,  this  preliminary  capital  is  absolutely 
necessary  to  the  success  of  this  grand  undertaking;  there¬ 
fore  some  practical  and  feasible  plan  must  be  formulated 
to  produce  it,  and  as  men’s  minds  differ  as  much  as  their 
physiognomy,  so  must  their  conclusions  on  the  smallest 
affairs  of  life,  as  well  as  the  great  subject  now  being  dis¬ 
cussed.  We  claim  there  is  nothing  in  the  universe  comes 
by  chance,  but  all  is  the  result  of  undeviating  law;  even 
the  men  we  come  in  daily  contact  with  are  not  merely 
met  by  chance  or  hap  hazard,  but  believe  each  and  every 
soul  met  in  life  has  a  needed  lesson  for  us,  and  it  is  only 
by  the  understanding  and  proper  application  of  such  that 
life's  task  is  completed.  In  common  phrase,  it  happened 
or  chanced,  eight  or  ten  years  ago.  we  were  introduced  to 
Mr.  McLean,  who  was  then  engaged  in  a  railroad  enter¬ 
prise  of  considerable  magnitude.  We  lost  sight  of  him 
a  few  years,  as  his  office  was  transferred  to  New  York, 
but  a  few  months  ago  we  were  pleased  to  greet  him  in 
Denver.  On  asking  after  his  welfare,  as  also  the  query  if 
he  was  still  engaged  in  perfecting  plans  for  an  atmo¬ 
spheric  engine,  he  replied.  “No.  that  matter  is  now  off  my 
mind  and  completed,  except  to  demonstrate  it  in  what 
the  world  calls  practical  shape.”  Shortly  after  this  talk 
with  Mr.  McLean,  we  chanced  or  happened  to  be  invited 
by  our  friend,  Mr.  Sutta,  to  hear  him  read  his  plans  for 
the  New  Era  Union  and  Model  City,  and  must  confess 
they  startled  us  by  their  magnitude,  their  gigantic  step 
towards  complete  redemption  from  the  course  of  competi¬ 
tion.  with  all  its  undeniable  evils.  At  the  close  of  that 
reading  we  were  at  once  impressed  that,  through  a  con¬ 
junction  of  these  two  great  minds.  Sutta  and  McLean, 
this  New  Era  City  could  be  made  a  splendid  success. 
Just  as  the  atmospheric  engine  requires  tin*  initial  force 
of  one  hundred  pounds  pressure,  so  does  this  great  scheme 
for  the  redemption  of  the  struggling  masses  require  an 
initial  force  of  capital,  but  as  the  great  motor  discovery 
requires  only  an  infinitesimal  sum  compared  with  the 
other,  we  think  it  should  naturally  precede  it:  for  we  are 


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assured  that  if  once  the  great  principle  is  illustrated  and 
put  in  operation,  the  needed  funds  to  give  the  initial  force 
to  the  New  Era  Union  is  at  once  available.  The  world 
is  never  tardy  in  rewarding  the  originator  of  something  it 
is  hungry  for.  This  new  motor  so  far  surpasses  all  other 
methods  of  power  production  that  it  simply  becomes  a 
question  of  how  fast  the  workshops  of  the  world  can  build 
them.  In  fact,  no  man  can  calculate  the  extent  of  the  in¬ 
dustrial  revolution  which  the  success  of  this  discovery 
will  bring  about.  A  notable  illustration  of  the  great  need 
of  the  times  for  the  successful  use  of  this  discovery  is 
the  terrible  calamity  at  the  Gumry  hotel,  in  our  city,  re¬ 
cently,  where  over  twenty  people  were  killed  by  the 
boiler  exploding  in  the  hotel  building  where  they  slept. 
The  crying  need  of  the  age  is  successful  electric  heating 
from  a  central  power  plant  far  removed  from  residence 
or  business  houses.  The  impassable  barrier  to  the  accom¬ 
plishment  of  this  at  present  is  the  enormous  cost  of  elec¬ 
tric  generation  by  steam  motors.  In  this  atmospheric 
engine  we  have  the  solution.  The  first  cost  of  machinery 
and  lubrication  is  the  only  expense  there  is  to  produce 
any  given  power.  Now  we  place  before  you  these  stray 
thoughts,  which,  as  the  common  man  puts  it,  have  all 
come  by  chance,  as  likewise  our  meeting  with  these  two 
gifted  minds,  Sutta  and  McLean,  who  have  made  such 
wonderful  discoveries  for  man’s  upliftment.  Now  from 
all  these  so-called  chance  happenings,  it  is  just  possible 
there  may  be  a  deep  lesson  for  us.  This  is  what  we  have 
taken  to  the  inner  court,  and  there  received  this  verdict, 
that  this  motor,  brought  to  a  successful  issue,  is  the  key 
which  will  unlock  the  treasure  house  of  the  lower  man, 
so  that  the  New  Era  City  may  be  a  surety;  not  what  the 
world  calls  a  beautiful  dream,  but  an  actually  material¬ 
ized  inspiration  for  man’s  unfoldment.  You  may  term 
this  plan  of  action  a  condescension,  but  it  has  to  be,  for 
the  gross  man  can  not  or  will  not  reach  up;  the  higher 
must  stoop  to  his  level,  holding  something  before  his 
eyes,  as  you  would  a  toy  to  a  child;  fix  his  attention  and 
he  becomes  your  servant  to  obey.  If  an  appeal  is  made 
far  above  the  average  mind,  its  vibrations  catch  the  ear 
only  of  the  few  elevated  souls,  and  they  probably  have 
not  the  requisite  dross  of  earth  needed  to  start  this  great 
movement.  But  place  flu*  lower  1  bought  before  the 
masses  of  a  prospect  for  immense  profits  on  their  invest¬ 
ment.  then  success  and  victory  is  sure  and  immediate. 


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and  the  tribute  of  gold  is  sure  to  follow.  To  accomplish 
this  requires  not  so  much  time  as  the  undivided,  sole  at¬ 
tention  of  Mr.  Sutta,  which,  once  fully  concentrated  on 
any  matter,  becomes  a  fixed  fact,  so  that  from  the  success 
of  the  atmospheric  motor  will  come  the  initial  force  to 
start  the  New  Era  City. 

SUTTA.  I  thank  Mr.  More  for  his  deep  and  interest¬ 
ing  remarks.  They  show  he  is  very  much  in  earnest  in 
helping  to  realize  the  most  that  is  possible  from  the  New 
Era  now  dawning  upon  us.  While  it  is  true  it  will  take 
much  less  to  start  the  new  motor  than  the  New  Era 
Model  City,  still,  even  to  start  the  motor  in  successful 
competition  with  all  the  present  methods  of  producing 
power,  and  on  a  sufficiently  large  scale  to  insure  large 
profits,  requires  a  large  amount  of  capital,  which,  if  it  is 
secured  for  investment  in  the  motor  direct,  will  require 
giving  a  large  share  of  the  profits  to  the  capitalists  in¬ 
stead  of  The  Model  City  Company,  while  all  the  profits 
from  the  gold  mines,  and  everything  else  I  control,  will 
all  go  to  the  New  Era  Union  to  help  build  the  New  Era 
Model  City.  I  think  the  plan  suggested  to  go  East  and 
try  to  interest  capital  in  the  gold  mines  and  the  Model 
City  is  the  best  thing  to  be  done  at  present.  After  I  have 
submitted  the  proposition  to  the  leading  capitalists  and 
representatives  of  different  kinds  of  interests,  I  shall 
then  issue  a  book  describing  my  experiences  and  present¬ 
ing  the  plans  for  the  New  Era  Model  City  and  the  New 
Era  Union.  I  will  give  my  profits  that  may  be  made  from 
the  sale  of  the  book  to  the  New  Era  Union,  for  I  am  will¬ 
ing  to  give  my  life  to  this  work,  and  all  I  ask  in  return 
is  a  plain  living  and  necessary  expenses.  The  first  edition 
of  this  book  I  would  sell  for  one  dollar  per  copy,  as  its 
novelty  will  insure  a  large  number  of  people  purchasing 
who  can  afford  a  dollar.  I  would  then  notify  all  the  large- 
advertisers  in  the  United  States  that  I  would  get  out  an 
edition  of  five  million  copies,  and  insert  one  hundred 
pages  of  advertisements.  I  would  then  charge  $5,000  a 
page  for  advertising  between  pages  of  reading  matter, 
and  give  the  advertisers  copies  of  the  book  at  ten  cents 
each  to  the  amount  of  their  advertisement,  to  be  dis¬ 
tributed  free  to  their  customers.  That  would  insure  five 
million  copies  being  thoroughly  distributed  and  read, 
besides  the  finer  edition,  sold  in  the  stores  and  by  agents 
everywhere  for  one  dollar  each.  One  hundred  pages  of 
advertising  at  $5,000  per  page  and  the  books  free,  or  five 


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million  copies  of  the  book  at  ten  cents  each  and  the  ad¬ 
vertising  of  the  purchasers  free,  would  realize  $500,000 
for  the  New  Era  Union,  which  would  be  a  substantial 
sum  to  begin  with.  Then,  by  securing  these  gold  mines 
for  the  New  Era  Union,  to  insure  the  profits  being  used 
for  the  best  interests  of  all  the  members  of  the  New  Era 
Union  and  to  promote  the  Model  City,  I  think  success 
will  be  assured.  So  I  will  make  this  trip  East,  and  then 
prepare  this  book  as  soon  as  possible.  If  there  are  no 
further  remarks  to  be  made,  we  will  now  adjourn. 


CHAPTER  III. 


PRIVATE  DRAWING  ROOM  OF  MR.  RAILROAD  IN  HIS  FIFTH 

•AVENUE  MANSION,  NEW  YORK  CITY— PRESENT :  MR. 

AND  MISS.  RAILROAD. 

MR.  RAILROAD.  So  you  really  think  you  must  go 
to  Europe,  my  dear,  do  you? 

MISS  RAILROAD.  Of  course  I  must,  papa.  You 
know  very  well  I  never  will  be  noticed  in  society  until  I 
have  traveled  over  Europe  and  been  presented  at  court, 
and  have  married  a  nobleman. 

MR.  RAILROAD.  Surely,  I  hope  you  will  not  throw 
yourself  away  by  marrying  any  broken-down,  poverty- 
stricken  rake  because  he  has  a  title. 

MISS  RAILROAD.  What  is  the  difference,  papa? 
I  am  sure  you  have  money  enough  to  support  us  in  style, 
and  you  know  it  is  not  fashionable  to  marry  for  love 
now.  Besides,  I  do  not  know  a  single  gentlemen  in  our 
set  but  who  is  as  depraved  and  extravagant  as  any  of 
the  foreign  swells,  and  these  here  have  no  title  or  fam¬ 
ily  pedigree,  and  worst  of  all,  no  palaces  or  mansions, 
so  I  would  rather  marry  a  title  and  be  sure  of  that  at 
least. 

MR.  RAILROAD.  Really,  mv  daughter,  it  seems  too 
bad  if  you  can  not  find  some  gentleman  worth  marrying 
here  at  home  without  having  to  go  to  Europe  to  find  a 
husband. 

MISS  RAILROAD.  Hut  it  is  the  fashion,  you  know, 
father;  one  might  as  well  be  poor  as  to  be  out  of  fashion. 

MR.  RAILROAD.  We  have  money  enough  to  set 
our  own  fashion.  Money  is  the  only  thing  that  counts 
in  society  here  in  this  country. 

MISS  RAILROAD.  Yes,  to  be  sure,  but  we  have  no 
nobility  or  royalty  here  in  America,  so  I  must  go  to 
Europe  to  purchase  a  title  with  our  money.  Then  I  can 
come  back  and  lx*  a  queen  in  society.  We  must  be  in 
the  swim,  papa — I  must  go  and  dress  for  the  theater. 
Good-evening.  (Leaves  the  room.  Servant  enters  and 


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hands  card  to  Mr.  Railroad,  who  reads  “Mr.  Banker.” 
“Show  him  in  at  once.”) 

Enter  Mr.  Banker.  Mr.  Railroad  rises  and  greets 
him  and  says: 

“I  am  delighted  to  have  you  call,  Mr.  Banker,  you 
do  not  favor  me  very  often.” 

MR.  BANKER.  I  know  you  are  too  busy  with 
business  to  bother  with  social  chats,  but  I  would  like  a 
few  moments  of  your  time  if  you  can  spare  them  this 
evening. 

MR.  RAILROAD.  Certainly,  my  friend,  with  pleas- 
use.  Please  be  seated.  (Both  take  seats.) 

MR.  BANKER.  I  want  to  ask  you  what  you  think 
about  forcing  the  government  to  issue  more  gold  bonds. 

MR.  RAILROAD.  I  am  afraid  it  is  a  little  too  soon 
yet,  is  it  not. 

MR.  BANKER.  But  we  must  do  something  with 
the  enormous  amount  of  gold  that  is  accumulating  in  our 
vaults.  There  is  positively  no  safe  investment  ,  for  us 
but  the  government  bonds. 

RAILROAD.  WI137  don’t  you  buy  railroad  bonds. 

BANKER.  You  know  as  well  as  I  do  that  there  are 
liable  to  be  serious  strikes  any  day  on  almost  any  of  the 
railroads  of  the  United  States,  which  would  lower  the 
price  of  railroad  bonds.  Besides,  there  is  real  danger  that 
the  laboring  classes  may  unite  with  the  Populists  this 
next  election,  and  if  they  do  they  will  surely  win 
and  get  control  of  the  government.  They  will  then  try 
to  carry  out  their  platform  by  running  the  railroads  by 
Hie  government. 

RAILROAD.  Well,  suppose  they  do.  Our  pol¬ 
iticians  are  surely  shrewd  enough  to  stand  in  with  them 
if  they  see  they  are  going  to  win.  Then  if  they  want  to 
run  the  railroads  by  the  government  they  will  have  to 
pay  us  our  price  for  them.  For  my  part  I  would  be  glad 
to  sell  to  the  government.  I  am  tired  almost  to  death  of 
this  fierce  competition  that  is  destroying  all  our  profits. 

BANKER.  I  am  not  sure  about  getting  your  price 
from  the  government.  The  Populists  know  very  well 
that  all  the  railroads  are  stocked  and  bonded  for 
about  four  times  more  than  new  and  more  modern  ones 
could  be  built  for,  especially  now  that  electricity  is  tak¬ 
ing  the  place  of  steam.  I  am  afraid  if  the  Pops  get 


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control  of  the  Government  they  will  let  you  keep  your 
railroads  and  build  new  ones,  thus  making  yours  worth¬ 
less. 

RAILROAD.  Then  we  must  not  let  the  Pops  get 
into  power,  or  secure  control  of  the  government. 

BANKER.  How  will  you  prevent  them  if  the  work¬ 
ing  people  are  wise  enough  to  unite  with  them  as  they 
seem  likely"  to  do.  They  are  getting  on  to  the  fact  that 
the  money  power  controls  legislation  for  its  own  in¬ 
terests. 

RAILROAD.  We  will  prevent  their  getting  into 
power  the  same  way  that  we  did  even  after  they  had  se¬ 
cured  the  entire  control  of  the  state  of  Colorado,  and 
elected  Waite  as  governor.  We  got  the  miners  to  kick  up 
a  row  at  Cripple  Creek  and  threw  all  the  blame  on  the 
governor,  and  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  he  was  a  true 
friend  of  the  working  people,  we  made  even  the  Populists 
themselves,  or  many  of  them,  believe  the  state  must  be 
redeemed,  and  secured  a  clean  sweep  for  our  candidates. 

BANKER.  But  is  it  not  dangerous  to  take  such 
chances  when  on  every  hand  we  are  warned  of  an  ap¬ 
proaching  revolution? 

RAILROAD.  Our  only  safety  is  in  a  large  increase 
in  our  standing  army,  and  enforcing  strict  laws  against 
labor  and  reform  organizations,  and  break  them  up 
wherever  we  can. 

BANKER.  Yes,  that  is  true.  We  must  have  a  large 
regular  army  as  they  have  in  Europe,  and  then  depend 
upon  the  newspapers  to  influence  the  people  as  we  want 
to  our  interests. 

Servant  enters  with  card.  Mr.  Railroad  reads,  “  ‘Mr. 
Politician.’  Just  the  fellow  we  want.  Show  him  in.” 

Enter  Mr.  Politician,  a  leading  professional  boodle 
politician,  who  is  solid  with  the  leading  office  holders. 
He  has  made  millions  of  dollars  out  of  politics,  but  still 
wants  more. 

POLITICIAN.  Good-evening,  gentlemen.  I  am  de¬ 
lighted  to  find  you  here,  Mr.  Banker,  for  I  wanted  to 
see  you  as  well  as  Mr.  Railroad,  and  it  will  save  me 
calling  on  you. 

BANKER.  Whv  should  vou  not  still  favor  me  with 
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POLITICIAN.  Well,  you  know,  gentlemen,  it  keeps 
me  moving  pretty  lively  to  look  after  our  interests  since 
the  people  have  begun  to  catch  on  to  our  scheme  to 
control  all  industries  by  trusts. 

RAILROAD.  We  can  trust  you,  however,  to  look 
after  our  interests,  Mr.  Politician. 

POLITICIAN.  Well,  that  depends,  Mr.  Railroad;  it 
is  altogether  a  question  of  money.  The  only  possible 
chance  for  us  to  win  is  by  a  liberal  use  of  money.  As  I 
said,  the  working  people  of  the  country  are  beginning 
to  catch  on  to  the  trusts  enabling  the  bankers  and  cap¬ 
italists  to  control  all  the  wealth  of  the  country,  and  they 
are  also  beginning  to  realize  that  the  only  show  they 
have  to  get  any  legislation  for  their  interests  is  by  find- 
ing  some  way  to  defeat  the  trusts. 

RAILROAD.  Would  not  that  be  the  best  way  for 
us  to  save  ourselves,  by  organizing  a  new  party  and 
secure  the  labor  vote  by  declaring  in  favor  of  free  silver. 
It  would  then  be  easy  enough  for  us  to  control  the  party 
if  we  organized  it  ourselves. 

POLITICIAN.  Yes,  we  have  seriously  considered 
starting  a  silver  party  as  you  suggest.  For.  as  you  say, 
we  could  easily  prevent  any  silver  legislation  by  a  liberal 
use  of  money,  but  I  am  afraid  the  people  are  beginning 
to  catch  on  to  the  initiative  and  referendum.  Just  as 
surely  as  they  do  we  are  done  for  forever. 

BANKER.  But  we  can  prevent  their  securing  the 
initiative  and  referendum  as  well  as  free  silver. 

POLITICIAN.  That  is  what  I  meant  by  saying  they 
might  organize  a  new  party.  If  they  should  organize  a 
new  party  and  have  but  one  plank,  pledging  all  their 
candidates  to  pass  laws  providing  for  the  initiative  and 
referendum,  they  would  sweep  tin?  country  in  spite  of 
all  we  could  do.  The  thinking,  intelligent  people  of  all 
four  parties  would  see  at  once  that  the  initiative  and 
referendum  is  the  only  way  to  prevent  their  office  hold¬ 
ers  selling  them  out.  No  one  would  take  the  chances 
of  paying  for  the  election  and  legislation  of  any  party 
when  the  laws  would  all  be  subject  to  a  final  vote  of 
the  people.  They  would  also  realize  that  they  could 
then  adopt  any  reform  that  a  majority  of  the  people  are 
in  favor  of,  and  in  short,  change  the  control  of  the  govern¬ 
ment  from  flu*  money  power  to  the  people,  as  our  con¬ 
stitution  tries  to  provide  for. 


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BANKER.  By  -love,  we  are  in  great  danger,  sure 
enough.  Our  only  safety  is  in  preventing  the  people 
from  securing  the  initiative  and  referendum.  You  shall 
have  all  the  money  you  want,  Mr.  Politician. 

POLITICIAN.  I  came  to  see  yon  about  another 
matter,  however.  I  have  heard  a  great  deal  lately  about 
a  philanthropist  named  T.  A.  Sutta,  who  has  a  big 
scheme  for  building  cooperative  Model  Cities  to  provide 
opportunities  for  the  working  people  to  build  their  own 
homes  and  industries  so  that  they  could  be  easily  self- 
supporting,  and  retain  all  the  wealth  they  produce.  It 
is  the  grandest  kind  of  a  scheme  for  the  working  people, 
but  it  would  prevent  our  making  any  money  out  of  them, 
and  if  Mr.  Sutta  is  sharp  enough  to  start  a  new  political 
party  pledged  to  carry  it  out  by  the  government,  it  would 
take  like  wild  fire.  As  far  as  I  can  learn  he  has  not 
thought  of  that  yet.  and  our  only  safety  is  in  soft-soaping 
him.  and  making  him  believe  we  will  help  him. 

BANKER.  But  has  he  the  ability  to  be  dangerous 
to  our  interests? 

POLITICIAN.  I  have  taken  great  pains  to  learn 
his  history,  and  it  shows  him  to  be  a  most  remarkable 
man  with  wonderful  enthusiasm  in  working  for  the  'wel¬ 
fare  of  the  masses.  He  has  had  some  very  hard  and  try¬ 
ing  experiences,  but  they  have  sharpened  him  up  and  he 
means  business  now,  and  I  think  it  is  for  our  interest 
to  at  least  pretend  to  stand  in  with  him. 

BANKER.  If  he  is  really  a  smart  man  we  must  give 
him  a  chance  to  make  a  fortune,  and  then  he  will  lose  all 
interest  in  the  masses,  or  he  can  endow  some  grand  in¬ 
stitution  like  Rockefeller,  Drexel.  Pratt,  Stanford,  Mar¬ 
shall  Field,  Armour,  Robert  Treat  Paine  and  others  have 
done,  that  will  make  the  working  people  think  he  is  their 
true  friend,  and  he  can  still  enjoy  a  part  of  his  wealth 
himself. 

POLITICIAN.  There  is  the  trouble,  though.  We 
could  well  afford  to  give  him  a  few  millions  of  dollars 
rather  than  allow  him  to  carry  out  his  scheme  for  start¬ 
ing  cooperative  self-supporting  cities  and  towns,  for  they 
would  rapidly  spread  all  over  the  country  as  soon  as  the 
people  once  caught  on  to  the  idea,  and  there  would  not 
be  a  single  corporation  in  the  I’nited  States  that  could 
then  control  their  labor  or  tin*  wealth  they  create.  That 
is  why  1  thought  it  to  be  so  important  to  learn  his  his- 


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tory,  in  order  to  know  how  to  handle  him.  I  have  taken 
the  trouble  to  go  to  Philadelphia,  and  called  on  Rabbi 
Jos.  Krauskopf,  the  great  philanthropist  and  liberal  re¬ 
former  of  Philadelphia,  with  whom  Mr.  Suita  worked 
while  living  in  the  slums  of  Philadelphia.  He  was  then 
engaged  in  carrying  on  the  movement  that  had  for  its 
object  to  abolish  the  slums  of  Philadelphia  and  provide 
Model  Homes  for  the  poor,  and  resulted  in  getting  the 
city  to  spend  several  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  put¬ 
ting  in  sewers  and  pavements  in  the  slums.  I  also  went 
to  Boston  and  talked  with  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale, 
the  great  reformer  and  philanthropist  of  that  city;  also 
John  Latham,  manager  of  the  Wendell  Phillips  Cooper¬ 
ative  Tailoring  Association,  with  whom  Mr.  Sutta  worked 
while  trying  to  abolish  the  sweating  shop  evil  while  in 
Boston,  himself  living  in  the  slums  part  of  the  time,  and 
conducting  a  free  reading  room  for  the  poor;  also  B.  O. 
Flower,  founder  of  the  Arena ,  and  others.  I  have  even 
been  to  Chicago  and  talked  with  those  whom  Sutta 
helped  in  giving  twelve  hundred  waifs  of  that  city  a 
Christmas  dinner,  and  m  getting  up  an  entertainment 
at  Central  Music  Hall  that  realized  several  thousand 
dollars  for  the  waifs.  Also  Mrs.  Coleman  Stuckert,  who 
aroused  so  much  interest  during  the  World's  Fair  with 
her  plans  for  Model  Cooperative  Homes,  and  whom  Mr. 
Sutta  helped  in  organizing  a  company  and  interesting 
people  in  her  work.  I  also  talked  with  Fred  W.  Peck, 
vice  president  of  the  Columbian  Exposition,  who  became 
acquainted  with  Mr.  Sutta  through  his  efforts  to  help 
the  people  of  the  United  States  get  ti  e  benefit  of  the 
World’s  Fair.  Also  talked  with  “Coin”  Harvey,  who, 
you  know,  aroused  such  great  interest  in  free  silver. 
Also  Prof.  Haskins,  founder  of  the  Columbian  College 
of  Citizenship;  Prof.  Bemis,  formerly  of  the  Chicago 
University,  who  is  attracting  so  much  attention  with  his 
ideas  on  Social  and  Political  Economy;  also  Mrs.  S.  E. 
Kelley,  who  is  trying  to  start  a  National  Orphans’  Home 
and  Industrial  College  for  homeless  children.  All  these 
people  were  enthusiastic  in  their  praise  of  Mr.  Sutta, 
for  his  earnest,  persevering  efforts  to  accomplish  what¬ 
ever  he  thought  was  right.  In  this  city  I  have  also  talked 
with  Rev.  Robert  Collier,  Rev.  Fr.  McGlynn,  Arthur  Mil- 
burv,  secretary  of  the  Industrial  Christian  Alliance; 
Prof.  Felix  Adler;  I)r.  Coit,  founder  of  the  University 
Settlement  in  the  slums  of  our  city;  and  Prof.  George 


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Gunton,  president  of  the  College  of  Social  Economics. 
They  are  all  familiar  with  the  work  Mr.  Sutta  did  while 
living  in  and  studying  the  people  in  the  slums.  Some 
of  these  people  have  known  every  detail  of  Mr.  Sutta’s 
life  for  years,  and  all  agree  that  he  has  wonderful  abil¬ 
ity,  and  that  he  is  gifted  with  great  energy  and  perse¬ 
verance  in  accomplishing  whatever  he  sets  out  to  do. 

RAILROAD.  But  has  he  any  practical  business  ex¬ 
perience? 

POLITICIAN.  Yes,  that  seems  to  be  the  most  re¬ 
markable  part  of  his  wonderful  history.  He  has  on  a 
number  of  occasions  shown  remarkable  business  ability, 
and  has  helped  to  organize  some  very  large  and  im¬ 
portant  industries  that  involved  the  investment  of  sev¬ 
eral  million  dollars  of  capital.  He  was  always  able  to 
make  money  rapidly  for  himself  while  in  business,  but 
he  became  disgusted  with  business  and  has  refused  to 
try  and  make  any  money  for  himself,  preferring  to  work 
for  others  and  endure  great  privations  ever  since  Baring 
Brothers’  failure  in  London,  in  October,  1890,  that  re¬ 
sulted  in  wiping  out  several  million  dollars  of  invest¬ 
ments  in  Southern  enterprises  that  he  had  helped  to 
promote  and  organize.  He  at  that  time  came  to  the  con¬ 
clusion  that  the  competitive  struggle  for  wealth  was 
wrong,  and  must  be  abolished,  and  nearly  all  his  time 
since  has  been  spent  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States 
in  the  interests  of  cooperation  and  reform  for  the  benefit 
of  all  the  people. 

BANKER.  Really,  he  must  be  quite  a  remarkable 
man.  I  should  like  to  meet  him.  What  are  his  politics? 

POLITICIAN.  His  politics,  like  his  religion,  seem 
to  be  in  trying  to  help  attain  peace,  happiness  and  pros¬ 
perity  for  all  human  beings  on  a  basis  of  justice  and 
reciprocity.  That  is  the  answer  he  made  me  when  I 
asked  him  that  question  myself.  It  seems  he  was  a  very 
enthusiastic  Republican  all  his  life  until  Baring  Brothers’ 
failure  in  London  had  such  a  serious  effect  on  the  in¬ 
vestments  and  industries  of  this  country,  especially  in 
the  South,  where  Mr.  Sutta  was  then  living  and  operat¬ 
ing.  He  worked  hard  to  secure  the  election  of  II.  Clay 
Evans  as  congressman  from  the  third  congressional  dis¬ 
trict  of  Tennessee,  who  is  the  only  Republican  congress¬ 
man  ever  elected  from  that  district,  and  who  has  been 
defeated  for  the  same  office  twice  since  Mr.  Sutta  left 


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there,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  he  secured  the  preserva¬ 
tion  of  t lie  Chickamauga  Battlefield  by  the  government, 
and  a  number  of  other  very  important  measures  for  the 
benefit  of  his  district.  Mr.  Evans’  ability  was  so  much 
appreciated  by  congress  as  to  have  been  chairman  of 
important  committees  during  his  first  term,  and  when  he 
was  defeated  for  reelection  to  congress  Mr.  Wanamaker 
made  him  first  assistant  postmaster  general.  Mr.  Evans 
has  since  been  elected  governor  of  Tennessee,  but  counted 
out  by  the  Democrats. 

RAILROAD.  Is  Mi1.  Sutta  a  native  American? 

POLITICIAN.  Yes,  he  is  the  eighth  generation  of 
his  family  in  this  country,  and  they  are  the  descendants 
of  a  very  old  and  noble  English  family  that  spent  their 
time  and  money  founding  charitable  institutions.  His 
father  was  a  pioneer  to  California,  where  Mr.  Sutta  was 
born  and  lived  most  of  the  time  until  he  was  twenty-one, 
when  he  came  East  to  manufacture  some  of  his  own 
inventions.  His  father  made  large  amounts  of  money  in 
California,  but  lost  it  by  purchasing  and  improving  large 
tracts  of  land  that  the  land-grabbers  of  California 
were  able  to  get  possession  of  by  claiming  title  under  old 
Spanish  land  grants,  and  buying  up  the  courts  to  sus¬ 
tain  them.  One  thing  I  must  specially  warn  you  about, 
if  you  meet  him.  He  is  uncompromisingly  in  favor  of  the 
nationalization  of  all  public  enterprises,  and  the  initia¬ 
tive  and  referendum,  and  we  will  not  secure  any  influ¬ 
ence  over  him  unless  we  show  some  interest  in  these 
measures  while  with  him. 

BANKER.  Then  he  is  a  Populist  crank?  I  am  sure 
I  do  not  want  to  have  anything  to  do  with  him. 

RAILROAD.  Hold  on,  my  friend,  don’t  be  so  fast. 
It  seems  to  me  that  Mr.  Sutta  is  very  likely  to  become 
a  power  with  the  people  when  they  learn  how  hard  he  is 
working  for  their  interests,  and  it  is  very  important  that 
we  stand  in  with  him  if  we  can. 

POLITICIAN.  Well  said,  if  we  can.  1  doubt  very 
much  if  he  will  l  ave  the  slighest  use  for  any  of  us  if  he 
does  not  think  we  are  sincere  in  helping  to  start  the 
Model  Cooperative  City  for  tin*  working  people.  But  I 
have  invited  him  and  It  is  friend,  Mr.  Stratton,  of  Colo¬ 
rado,  who  is  here  with  him,  to  take  supper  with  myself 
and  a  few  friends  at  the  Millionaire  Club  to-morrow  even¬ 
ing,  and  would  be  very  glad  to  have  both  of  you  gentle¬ 
men  favor  us  with  your  company. 


Of  Those  f  nder  Bondage  to  Money. 


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BANKER.  So,  Mr.  Sutta  is  from  Colorado,  is  lie? 

POLITICIAN.  Yes,  it  seems  tliat  lie  is.  Lately  he 
lias  been  out  in  Colorado  and  New  Mexico  looking  up  the 
mining  interests,  and  1  am  told  that  he  lias  secured  a 
number  of  very  valuable  gold  mines  that  give  every  evi¬ 
dence  of  being  worth  many  millions  of  dollars. 

BANKER.  Why  don’t  1  e  sell  them  or  operate  them, 
and  build  his  model  towns  without  bothering  us? 

POLITICIAN.  He  has  not  sufficient  capital  him¬ 
self,  and  wants  to  operate  them  on  a  cooperative  basis 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Model  City,  when  he  has  secured  the 
means  to  develop  and  operate  them. 

BANKER.  Well,  I  suppose  there  is  no  harm  in 
meeting  him,  at  any  rate.  Who  else  will  you  invite? 

POLITICIAN.  I  want  to  have  a  very  select  and 
representative  party,  and  thought  to  limit  it  to  seven  or 
eight.  Who  else  would  you  suggest? 

RAILROAD.  I  should  invite  Mr.  Oil.  He  is  quite 
a  philanthropist  himself,  you  know,  and  I  don't  doubt 
that  he  will  be  glad  to  learn  about  Mr.  Sutta’s  plans  for 
cooperative  cities. 

BANKER  Yes,  he  would  be  just  the  man  to  take  an 
interest  in  such  a  big  scheme.  Then  we  ought  to  have 
our  friend  Dude  there.  He  is  the  leader  of  the  swell 
society,  and  we  might  want  to  introduce  Sutta  into  its 
charmed  circle.  Perhaps  some  of  our  beautiful  ladies 
might  capture  him,  and  induce  him  to  operate  his  gold 
mines  for  his  own  benefit  and  settle  down  and  enjoy 
himself. 

POLITICIAN.  I  don't  believe  society  or  beautiful 
women  would  l  ave  the  slightest  influence  on  Mr.  Sutta, 
as  far  as  getting  him  to  give  up  his  plans  for  building 
the  Model  City.  It  is  his  one  and  sole  object  of  life  with 
him,  and  I  don't  doubt  he  would  even  sacrifice  his  life, 
if  necessary,  to  help  attain  it.  But  it  would  be  well 
to  have  Mr.  Dude  join  us  anyhow,  as  he  is  a  bright, 
jolly  fellow,  and  would  give  variety  to  our  party.  I  will 
invite  Mr.  Oil  and  Dude  then,  and  expect  to  see  you  to¬ 
morrow  evening  at  the  Club.  I  must  now  hasten  to  keep 
an  engagement,  and  will  bid  you  good  evening.. 

BANKER.  And  I,  too,  must  be  going.  Good  even¬ 
ing,  Mr.  Railroad.  Will  see  you  tomorrow  evening. 

RAILROAD.  Good  evening,  gentlemen.  (Both 
leave.) 


CHAPTER  IV. 


PRIVATE  SUPPER  ROOM  IN  THE  MILLIONAIRE  CLUB,  NEW 
YORK  CITY. 

Enter  Messrs.  Railroad,  Banker  and  Oil  together. 

OIL.  By  tl:e  way,  gentlemen,  who  is  this  T.  A. 
Sutta  that  we  are  to  meet  this  evening.  I  was  very  busy 
when  Politician  called  at  my  office  to-day,  and  could 
only  spare  a  few  moments,  and  all  that  he  said  was  that 
he  had  invited  a  Mr.  Sutta,  who  is  in  the  city  with  his 
friend,  Mr.  Stratton,  of  Colorado;  that  he  has  a  grand 
enterprise  in  hand  that  he  was  sure  would  interest  me, 
and  that  I  was  wanted  to  make  up  a  supper  party  with 
you  here  to  meet  him,  and  you  see  I  am  on  hand. 

RAILROAD.  I  have  not  met  him  yet,  but  from 
Politician's  account  of  him,  he  seems  to  be  a  very  earnest 
and  capable  philanthropist,  who  is  very  anxious  to  make 
all  the  working  people  of  the  United  States  prosperous 
and  happy.  He  has  developed  plans  for  building  Model 
Cooperative  Towns  all  over  the  Ignited  States,  where  the 
working  people  can  build  their  own  houses,  churches, 
places  of  amusement,  schools,  and  operate  industries  to 
supply  all  their  own  needs,  without  having  to  depend  on 
capitalists  to  employ  them. 

OIL.  That  is  surely  a  grand  scheme,  if  it  can  be 
carried  out.  I  shall  be  glad  to  meet  him. 

Enter  Dude. 

DUDE.  Ah,  good  evening,  gentlemen.  Glad  to 
meet  you  all.  Mr.  Politician  said  he  wanted  me  to  join 
you  in  entertaining  a  wonderful  philanthropist,  who  has 
an  immense  scheme  for  a  Model  City  to  present  to  us. 
I  was  afraid  he  might  bore  us,  so  I  took  the  liberty  of 
inviting  Lillian,  with  Politician’s  approval.  If  he  gets 
tedious,  Lillian  can  give  us  a  song  and  dance,  and,  be¬ 
sides,  these  gentlemen  ought  to  consider  it  an  honor  to 
meet  her.  You  know  she  is  all  the  rage  with  the  fellows 
of  the  swell  set  at  present. 


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RAILROAD.  From  what  I  have  heard  of  Mr.  Sutta, 
I  doubt  if  he  will  become  infatuated  with  her.  However, 
as  you  say,  she  can  entertain  us  if  he  gets  tiresome. 

Enter  Politician,  with  Stratton  and  Sutta,  whom  he 
introduces  all  around.  Waiter  prepares  table  for  supper. 
Politician  and  Stratton  step  to  rear  and  talk. 

RAILROAD.  (Addressing  Mr.  Sutta.)  Mr.  Pol¬ 
itician  has  taken  a  great  interest  in  your  grand  scheme 
for  building  a  Model  City  for  the  working  people,  Mr. 
Sutta,  and  he  has  aroused  my  interest  to  so  great  an 
extent  that  I  am  glad  indeed  to  meet  you. 

SUTTA.  It  is  very  kind  of  Mr.  Politician  to  take 
such  an  interest  in  my  work,  but  I  feel  that  the  proposi¬ 
tion  to  build  cooperative,  self-supporting  Model  Cities 
and  Towns,  where  all  the  working  people  of  the  United 
States  who  desire  to  improve  their  condition  can  sup¬ 
port  themselves  in  comfort,  should  interest  every  public- 
spirited  and  progressive  citizen  of  the  United  States. 

OIL.  I  am  also  very  glad  to  meet  you,  Mr.  Sutta, 
and  should  like  to  learn  all  about  your  plans  for  these 
Model  Cities  and  Towns  you  speak  of. 

BANKER.  Our  friend,  Mr.  Politician,  has  been  tell¬ 
ing  us  of  some  of  your  experiences,  Mr.  Sutta.  Is  it  a 
fact  that  you  really  gave  up  business  to  go  and  live  in 
the  slums  of  our  large  cities  in  order  to  try  and  help  the 
poor? 

SUTTA.  I  want  to  say,  gentlemen,  that  you  must 
not  believe  everything  you  hear  about  me  as  being  true. 
I  do  not  say  this  to  reflect  on  Mr.  Politician,  for  I  appre¬ 
ciate  his  interest  in  my  work  very  much,  but  I  have  al¬ 
ready  heard  of  some  ridiculous  reports  that  are  being  cir¬ 
culated  about  myself,  that  are  greatly  exaggerated  or  not 
true  at  all,  and  I  would  prefer  not  to  have  my  work 
judged  by  them.  I  do  not  care  for  myself  in  the  least, 
for  any  one  can  gossip  about  me  as  much  as  they  please, 
but  I  should  be  sorry  to  have  any  one  judge  of  the  merit 
of  the  objects  for  which  I  am  working  by  what  may  be 
said  about  me  personally.  In  other  words,  gentlemen,  I 
consider  this  a  great  national  enterprise,  founded  on  tin* 
fundamental  principles  of  our  government,  of  equal  op¬ 
portunities  to  all  and  special  privileges  to  none,  for 
which  our  forefathers  fought  and  died. 

DUDE.  I  understand  your  plans  are  very  elaborate, 
Mr.  Sutta.  Do  you  really  think  they  can  ever  be  realized? 


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SUTTA.  I  am  very  sure  they  can.  I  feel  they  must 
be.  No  one  doubts  the  ability  of  our  country  to  raise 
one  million  soldiers  and  one  billion  dollars  in  money,  if 
necessary,  in  case  of  war,  and  the  proposition  to  build  a 
grand,  self-supporting  cooperative  city  for  the  people 
who  want  to  improve  their  condition  in  life,  and  have 
more  comforts  and  advantages  than  they  have  now,  seems 
to  me  to  be  far  more  simple  and  possible,  as  well  as  de¬ 
sirable,  than  to  raise  the  army.  But  I  also  feel  sure  that 
if  w7e  do  not  start  the  cooperative  cities  and  towns,  w’e 
surely  will  have  to  have  an  army,  whether  you  want  it 
or  not.  The  people  of  this  countr}7  w  ill  not  endure  this 
present  stagnation  and  distress  existing  on  every  hand 
much  longer  without  becoming  desperate,  and  they  must 
be  put  at  work  creating  wealth  for  themselves  or  they 
will  surely  take  revenge  on  the  rich  people  who  have  con¬ 
trol  of  the  wealth  of  this  country  and  are  hoarding  it  up 
selfishly.  If  the  people  ever  do  start  desperate  measures, 
I  tremble  at  the  thought  of  w  hat  w7ill  come. 

RAILROAD.  You  have  had  quite  an  extensive  ex¬ 
perience  all  over  this  country,  I  understand,  Mr.  Sutta. 
I  suppose  you  have  taken  great  pains  to  learn  the  con¬ 
dition  and  needs  of  the  people. 

SUTTA.  I  have  been  in  nearly  every  state  and  ter¬ 
ritory,  city  and  tow7n,  of  any  size  in  the  United  States, 
and  I  have  taken  great  pains  to  learn  the  actual  truth  as 
to  the  condition  and  needs  of  the  people.  There  is  a  pent- 
up,  suppressed  desperation  in  the  minds  and  hearts  of 
the  people  of  this  country  that  must  and  will  be  relieved. 
They  have  meekly  and  patiently  submitted  to  seeing  their 
wealth  and  w7ages  depreciate  billions  of  dollars  in  value 
in  the  last  few7  years,  to  their  loss  and  to  the  gain  of  the 
money  power,  but  the  limit  of  their  endurance  is  about 
reached.  They  are  tired  of  being  constantly  sold  out  and 
ignored  by  the  professional  boodle  politicians,  and  noth¬ 
ing  short  of  directing  their  attention  and  energies  into 
some  grand,  stupendous  enterprise,  that  will  provide 
profitable  employment  for  them  by  the  hundreds  of  thou¬ 
sands,  and  enable  them  to  secure  comforts  and  other  ad¬ 
vantages  on  a  basis  of  justice  and  reciprocity,  will  pre¬ 
vent  their  becoming  revengeful  and  bloodthirsty  revolu¬ 
tionists. 

OIL.  What  do  you  think  of  Coxey’s  plan  to  put  the 
unemployed  at  work  building  good  roads,  Mr.  Sutta? 


But  too  Selfish  to  Respond. 


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SUTTA.  The  only  objection  I  have  to  Coxey’s  good 
road  scheme  is  that  it  does  not  go  far  enough.  All  the 
unemployed  people  in  the  United  States  do  not  want  to 
build  roads  for  a  living,  and  it  is  not  at  all  necessary  that 
they  should.  They  have  the  ability  and  should  have  the 
opportunity  to  build  their  own  homes,  schools,  churches, 
places  of  amsuement  and  industries,  and  produce  and  en¬ 
joy  all  the  comforts  and  delights  that  the  rich  people  en¬ 
joy.  It  makes  my  blood  boil  with  indignation  to  see  how 
the  steady  and  industrious  working  people  of  this  coun¬ 
try  are  compelled  to  live,  toiling  faithfully  and  patiently 
ten  hours  or  more  a  day  for  wages  that  barely  sustain 
life,  when  many  of  their  employers  are  squandering  thou¬ 
sands  of  dollars  on  their  profligate,  debauched  sons,  and 
maintaining  some  worthless  rake  of  a  foreigner  as  their 
daughter’s  husband  because  he  has  a  title  and  she  thinks 
there  is  no  one  in  our  country  noble  enough  to  be  worthy 
of  her  hand.  Miss  Frances  Willard,  of  the  Woman's 
Christian  Temperance  Union,  shows  her  wonderful  abil¬ 
ity  and  sincerity  of  purpose  in  trying  to  improve  human 
nature  by  saying  that  poverty  and  selfishly  hoarded 
wealth  is  the  cause  of  nearly  all  the  debauchery,  ignor¬ 
ance  and  crime,  and  warns  the  reformers  that  they  must 
abolish  selfishly  hoarded  wealth  before  they  can  abolish 
intemperance  and  crime. 

BANKER.  It  will  take  an  enormous  amount  of 
money  to  carry  out  your  plans,  Mr.  Sutta.  How  do  you 
expect  to  secure  it? 

SUTTA.  If  the  people  of  the  United  States  would 
intelligently  understand  and  utilize  their  own  power,  they 
would  issue  their  own  money  for  a  Model  Cooperative 
City  or  Town,  complete  with  every  luxury  and  improve¬ 
ment,  in  every  county  of  the  United  States,  or  wherever 
they  wanted  one,  without  paying  a  cent  of  interest  on 
their  money;  but  I  fear  the  money  power  has  too  much 
control  over  them,  through  their  politicians,  newspapers 
and  corporations,  on  which  the  most  of  them  depend  for 
employment,  for  it  to  be  possible  to  practically  present 
the  proposition  to  them;  and  I  shall  for  the  present  try 
and  interest  the  capitalists  of  the  country.  I  consider  it 
is  their  final  and  only  chance  to  make  a  safe  and  profit¬ 
able  investment  for  their  money,  for  unless  cooperative 
cities  and  towns  are  started,  and  the  people  secure  the 
initiative  and  referendum,  which  they  are  bound  to. 


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sooner  or  later,  the  deeds  to  land,  railroads  and  other 
bonds  will  not  be  worth  more  than  their  value  as  waste 
paper. 

DUDE.  Really,  Mr.  Sutta,  you  quite  alarm  me. 
Ain’t  you  trespassing  on  our  rights?  We  surely  ought  to 
be  allowed  to  do  what  we  please  with  our  money.  I  am 
afraid,  if  you  talk  that  way,  you  will  not  get  any  help 
here  in  New  York.  Besides,  all  my  friends  are  refusing 
to  invest  in  anything  but  government  bonds,  and  unless 
you  get  the  government  to  issue  bonds  to  build  your 
Model  Towns  and  Cities,  you  will  not  get  their  money. 
Ah,  here  comes  charming  Lillian. 

Enter  Lillian.  Dude  greets  and  introduces  her  all 
round,  and  says: 

“She  kindly  consented  to  come  and  grace  our  supper 
party  this  evening,  Mr.  Sutta,  as  variety  is  the  spice  of 
life,  you  know,  and  we  wanted  at  least  one  of  the  fair  sex. 
We  thought  you  might  appreciate  meeting  her,  as  she  is 
the  finest  singer  and  dancer  on  the  stage  to-day.” 

SUTTA.  (Bows  to  Lillian  and  says:)  I  am  very 
glad  to  meet  you,  Miss  Lillian. 

They  all  sit  down  at  the  table. 

DUDE.  Really,  Mr.  Sutta,  don’t  you  think  most  of 
the  so-called  reformers  are  cranks? 

SUTTA.  I  have  never  known  of  a  man  or  woman  in 
this  world  who  had  any  grand,  important  or  new  ideas, 
who,  if  they  were  sincere  and  aggressive  in  carrying  them 
out,  but  had  to  endure  censure  and  condemnation,  and 
be  called  cranks,  until  in  the  course  of  years  or  centuries 
the  people  were  finally  able  to  comprehend  that  invari¬ 
ably  the  so-called  cranks  have  turned  out  to  be  their  chief 
benefactors. 

POLITICIAN.  At  any  rate,  we  must  all  drink  a 
toast  to  the  success  of  the  Model  Citxr. 

LILLIAN.  I  think,  instead  of  Mr.  Sutta’s  being  a 
crank,  he  must  be  a  saint  if  be  is  trying  to  help  all  the 
people  to  be  comfortable  and  happy. 

SUTTA.  (Bows  to  Lillian  and  says:)  Very  kind  of 
you  to  say  such  nice  words,  but  I  am  far  from  being  a 
saint.  I  emphatically  refuse  to  be  considered  as  trying 
to  teach  people  or  be  an  example  as  to  what  they  should 
be.  I  make  many  mistakes  and  fall  far  short  of  what  I 
should  like  to  accomplish,  and  am  simply  trying  to  do 


But  too  Selfish  to  Respond. 


69 


what  I  think  is  best,  and  want  every  one  else  to  be  per¬ 
fectly  free  to  do  the  same. 

STRATTON.  I  can  testify  to  the  fact  that  my  friend, 
Air.  Sutta,  is  worthy  of  being  a  leader.  I  do  not  want  to 
offend  him  by  thus  expressing  my  opinion  before  him, 
for  I  know  he  is  very  strongly  opposed  to  what  appears 
to  be  sentiment  or  flattery  concerning  himself,  but  I  con¬ 
sider  that  he  is  just  the  man  to  help  our  country  out  of 
the  present  crisis  and  attain  peace,  happiness  and  pros¬ 
perity  for  all,  if  he  has  sufficient  encouragement  and  as¬ 
sistance. 

SUTTA.  You  see  my  friend,  Mr.  Stratton,  is  well 
trained.  Of  course  his  little  speech  was  carefully  pre¬ 
pared  in  order  to  try  and  make  a  good  impression  on  you 
all. 

STRATTON.  It  is  my  turn  to  protest,  friends,  for  I 
refuse  to  uphold  Mr.  Sutta  in  such  a  base  fabrication. 

DUDE.  Ah,  quite  a  joke.  By  the  way,  Mr.  Stratton, 
you  have  had  some  thrilling  experiences  yourself,  I  un¬ 
derstand.  You  had  to  have  the  militia  ordered  out  to 
protect  your  mines,  did  you  not? 

STRATTON.  No,  I  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  mili¬ 
tia.  I  am  in  favor  of  the  miners  getting  good  wages. 

OIL.  Was  it  a  fact  that  Gov.  Waite  succeeded  in 
closing  up  all  the  gambling  houses  in  Denver  during  his 
administration? 

SUTTA.  I  never  heard  his  worst  enemies  say  there 
was  a  single  one  running  publicly  in  the  city  when  he 
went  out  of  office,  although  there  are  many  running  now. 

RAILROAD.  That  was  quite  remarkable  for  a 
Western  city  the  size  of  Denver.  What  do  you  think  was 
the  cause  of  his  failure  to  be  reelected? 

SUTTA.  Simply  because  he  had  worked  so  hard  for 
the  interests  of  the  working  people  that  the  money  power 
began  to  feel  it  and  decided  they  must  defeat  him,  and 
they  raised  a  great  hue  and  cry  that  the  state  must  be 
redeemed  from  the  crank  Populists,  and  nearly  all  of  the 
women,  who  voted  for  the  first  time  at  that  election,  were 
made  to  believe  that  their  duty  as  citizens  demanded 
that  they  should  vote  against  the  Populists,  which  they 
did  to  so  large  an  extent  that  the  Populists  were  de¬ 
feated. 


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OIL.  That  is  the  discouraging  fact  we  all  have  to 
face.  I  think  we  would  all  like  to  do  more  for  the  masses 
or  working  people,  but  it  is  too  frequently  the  case  that 
the  more  you  do  for  them  the  less  they  appreciate  you, 
and  w  ill  listen  to  any  demagogue  or  selfish  schemer  who 
sees  fit  to  denounce  you. 

POLITICIAN.  That  is  why  I  admire  your  faithful¬ 
ness,  Mr.  Sutta.  I  have  learned  how  severely  you  have 
already  been  condemned  and  abused  by  the  very  people 
you  have  worked  the  hardest  for.  I  have  heard  that  your 
life  was  threatened,  and  that  you  would  even  have  brick¬ 
bats  and  clubs  thrown  at  you  by  the  denizens  of  the  slums 
while  you  were  living  with  them  and  doing  all  in  your 
power  to  improve  their  condition. 

SUTTA.  I  think  we  are  all  guilty  of  (he  same  fault. 
None  of  us  appreciate  our  true  friends  until,  perhaps,  we 
have  crucified  them.  By  far  my  most  severe  trials  have 
been  caused  by  the  opposition  I  have  had  (o  meet  from 
my  own  relatives  and  so-called  friends.  The  only  times 
I  have  given  away  to  discouragement  and  indifference  to 
the  principles  and  objects  1  have  been  working  for,  has 
been  when  (lie  abuse  and  condemnation  of  my  relatives 
and  friends  was  more  than  I  felt  able  to  bear. 

RAILROAD.  T  am  afraid,  Mr.  Sutta,  that  if  you  get 
your  Model  City  started,  the  people  will  expect  you  to 
support  them,  and  if  you  do  not  satisfy  all  their  demands 
they  will  turn  on  you  and  condemn  you  as  though  you 
were  their  worst  enemy. 

OIL.  I  feel  the  same  as  you  do,  Mr.  Railroad,  for  T 
have  had  a  large  experience  in  trying  to  help  the  working 
people.  At  one  of  our  large  refineries,  for  instance,  where 
we  employed  several  hundred  men,  I  found  (he  store¬ 
keepers  were  charging  them  excessive  prices  for  their 
supplies.  I  called  some  of  the  leaders  together  and  told 
them  I  would  loan  them  all  the  money  they  needed  at  0 
per  cent,  interest  to  start  a  cooperative  store  and  supply 
all  the  employes  at  cost.  They  borrowed  $5,000  of  me 
and  started  the  store,  but  so  many  neglected  to  pay  their 
bills  that  T  deducted  (he  amounts  in  easy  installments 
from  their  wages.  They  then  raised  a  great  hue  and  cry 
and  denounced  me  as  forcing  them  to  buy  goods  at  my 
store,  and  charged  me  with  running  the  store  myself 
to  make  profit  out  of  them,  and  T  quit  $10,000  out  of 
pocket  by  the  experience.  They  are  to  day  paying  25  per 


But  too  Selfish  to  Respond.  71 

cent,  more  for  their  goods  than  they  would  otherwise 
have  to  do. 

RAILROAD.  I  have  also  had  my  experiences.  I 
found  that  nearly  all  of  our  employes  on  our  railroads 
spent  all  their  money  as  fast  as  they  received  it,  and  in 
case  of  sickness  or  death  their  families  were  destitute.  I 
then  decided  to  organize  a  Mutual  Sick  Benefit  and  Life 
Insurance  Company  for  our  employes,  who  number  sev¬ 
eral  thousand  on  our  different  railroads.  I  proposed 
that  whenever  an  employd  was  sick  they  should  receive 
one-lialf  their  regular  wages,  and  in  case  of  death  their 
families  were  to  be  paid  $1,000.  I  also  proposed  that  the 
railroad  companies  for  which  they  work  should  collect 
the  costs  of  these  sick  benefits  pro  rata  from  their  pay 
each  month  and  pay  it  over  to  the  beneficiaries  without 
any  cost  whatever  for  the  service.  But  we  could  not 
carry  it  out.  Nearly  all  denounced  it  as  a  scheme  to 
cut  down  their  wages  and  were  opposed  to  it. 

POLITICIAN.  Yes,  it  is  a  very  sad  fact  that  the 
working  people  are  their  own  worst  enemies.  I  had  to 
learn  how  faithless  and  treacherous  they  were  before  I 
could  succeed  in  politics.  I  started  as  their  friend,  and 
was  really  in  earnest  in  wanting  to  help  them,  but  in¬ 
variably  they  would  believe  any  slander  or  charge  my 
opponents  would  make  against  me  when  there  was  not 
the  slightest  truth  in  it,  and  then  turn  in  and  defeat 
me  if  they  could.  After  a  few  such  experiences  I  de¬ 
cided  to  help  those  who  would  help  me,  and  have  been 
quite  successful  ever  since. 

SUTTA.  In  spite  of  all  these  facts,  gentlemen.  I 
claim  we  must  persevere  and  find  a  way  to  help  the  people 
even  in  spite  of  themselves,  if  necessary.  That  is  why 
I  base  all  my  plans  for  these  cooperative  Model  Cities 
and  Towns  and  the  New  Era  Union  on  the  laws  of  jus¬ 
tice  and  reciprocity.  Every  one  must  give  in  order  to 
receive.  According  to  our  faith  it  shall  be  done  unto 
us,  but  faith  without  works  avails  nothing.  Everyone 
must  give  of  their  ability  or  wealth  in  order  to  receive 
these  advantages.  But  the  natural  desire  of  all  progres¬ 
sive  people  is  to  secure  all  the  comforts,  pleasures  and 
advantages  they  can  for  themselves,  and  when  the  way 
is  provided  where  they  can  secure  far  more  than  they 
have  at  present,  and  at  the  same  time  help  others  secure 
them  also,  they  will  readily  respond. 


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DUDE.  By  Jove,  Lillian,  we  are  neglecting  you. 
You  promised  to  favor  us  with  some  of  your  songs  and 
dances.  I  know  our  friends  will  not  object.  We  have 
been  talking  a  great  deal  about  men.  Let  us  drink  a 
toast  to  the  ladies.  May  they  ever  be  beautiful  and 
sweet. 

POLITICIAN.  Now,  let  us  have  a  song,  Lillian. 

LILLIAN.  What  shall  it  be? 

DUDE.  Give  us  the  one  where  you  kick  so  high. 

LILLIAN.  Oh,  you  naughty  man,  you  want  to  see 
my  lower  extremities. 

DUDE.  Of  course  I  do.  Why  shouldn’t  I?  You 
needn’t  be  ashamed  of  them. 

LILLIAN.  You  are  quite  a  flatterer.  Perhaps  they 
are  stuffed? 

DUDE.  By  Jove,  I  am  going  to  find  out.  (Tries  to 
feel  of  her  limbs  under  the  table.  Lillian  jumps  up  and 
tips  Dude  on  the  nose  with  her  toe.  They  roar  and  joke 
Dude  as  having  got  nicely  left.  Most  of  the  gentlemen 
then  drink  a  toast:) 

To  Lillian,  the  gay  charmer,  who  is  queen  of  the 
swells. 

(Politician,  Dude  and  Banker  then  rise  and  urge 
Lillian  to  sing.  She  responds  with  such  racy  and  sensu¬ 
ous  words  and  movements  that  Dude  and  Politician  try 
to  embrace  her,  but  she  repulses  them  and  says:) 

“You  have  not  paid  the  price,  gentlemen.” 

DUDE.  Name  your  price;  I  speak  first.  (Pours  out 
another  glass  of  wine  and  drinks  it  down,  and  shows  the 
effect  of  intoxication  by  speech  and  posture.) 

LILLIAN.  One  hundred  dollars. 

DUDE.  I  ’cept.  You’r  mine,  by  Jove.  Y’ou  shall 
be  my  darling.  (Drinks  again.  Then  embraces  Lillian, 
who  holds  out  her  hand  and  Dude  takes  out  his  pocket 
book,  showing  a  number  of  large  bills,  lie  takes  one 
up  and  says:) 

“One  thousand.  No,  that  is  too  much.  (Takes  an¬ 
other.)  Five  hundred;  no,  that’s  not  it.  How  much  you 
say,  Lillian?  Oh,  I ’member.  One  hundred  dollars.  Here 
.you  are.  (Hands  her  a  bill.)  Now  you’re  mine,  ’member. 
Let’s  all  drink  ’nut her  toast  to  fair  charmer  Lillian.” 
(Takes  another  drink.)  Sutta  rises  and  says: 


But  too  Selfish  to  Respond. 


73 


“Miss  Lillian,  you  have  been  invited  to  come  here 
to-niglit  to  help  entertain  us.  Was  there  any  promise 
of  pay?” 

LILLIAN.  No,  sir;  not  for  singing  or  dancing. 

SUTTA.  I  suppose  you  have  to  earn  your  living? 

LILLIAN.  Yes,  and  for  my  mother  and  two  chil¬ 
dren. 

SUTTA.  Have  you  no  husband? 

LILLIAN.  Yes,  sir;  but  he  earns  no  money  and  can 
not  support  me. 

SUTTA.  Would  you  allow  Mr.  Dude  to  caress  you 
if  he  would  pay  you  the  same  amount  for  your  singing 
and  dancing  alone? 

LILLIAN.  Of  course  I  would  not.  Why  should  I? 
It  is  the  hundred  dollars  that  I  must  have,  and  pleasing 
Mr.  Dude  is  the  easiest  way  I  can  get  it.  I  understand 
your  point,  Mr.  Sutta,  and  that  is  why  I  honor  you,  and 
w  ish  you  God  speed  in  the  work  you  are  trying  to  do. 
There  are  over  one  hundred  thousand  women  in  New 
York  city  to-night  who  will  sell  themselves  to  sensual 
men  who  would  see  them  starve  if  they  would  not  please 
them.  I  also  believe,  as  I  live,  that  ninety  per  cent,  of 
these  women  would  rather  be  faithful  and  virtuous  wives 
and  mothers  if  they  could  get  faithful  husbands  that 
would  support  them. 

DUDE.  O,  bother  your  preaching,  Lillian.  Give  us 
a  rest — liic.  I  am  here  for  a  good  time.  Let’s  take  a 
drink.  (Drinks  again.) 

POLITICIAN.  You  must  not  mind  our  friends  hav¬ 
ing  a  little  frolic,  Mr.  Sutta.  He  is  young  yet,  and  we 
have  all  had  our  fun  in  our  day. 

L)LTDE.  You  old  rascal.  Don't  you  try  to  fool 
Mr.  Sutta.  Mr.  Sutta,  the  old  fellows  are  the  biggest 
devils  in  the  city.  L's  voung  chaps  ain’t  in  it,  are  we, 
Lillian? 

LILLIAN.  That  is  true,  Mr.  Sutta.  The  young 
swells  are  quite  harmless  compared  to  the  older  men, 
most  of  whom  have  families  of  their  own. 

BANKER.  We  must  have  a  little  fun  occasionally, 
Mr.  Sutta,  to  make  life  endurable.  Otherwise  what  would 
we  have  to  live  for? 


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SUTTA.  There  is  everything  to  live  for  that  will 
give  us  far  more  pleasure  than  such  orgies  as  this.  Why 
can’t  you  take  the  advice  of  Theodore  Roosevelt,  your  ex¬ 
police  commissioner,  who  admits  that  we  are  to-day  on 
top  of  a  living  dangerous  volcano,  and  who  says  it  is 
the  duty  of  the  wealthy  to  work  for  the  community,  for 
the  people,  even  without  remuneration,  and  who  also 
says  it  is  ignoble  to  pile  money  on  top  of  money  as  our 
rich  people  all  seem  to  be  trying  to  do.  Here  in  this 
room  are  the  owners  of  over  $300,000,000  worth  of  wealth, 
while  to-night  in  this  city  there  are  over  one  hun¬ 
dred  thousand  little  children,  many  of  them  the  ille¬ 
gitimate  results  of  just  such  orgies  as  this,  whose 
environments  and  lack  of  opportunities  and  advantages 
will  make  their  lives  more  or  less  a  curse  to  them¬ 
selves  and  others.  One  hundred  dollars  per  year, 
under  the  proper  system,  would  feed,  clothe  and  educate 
each  child  until  they  became  self-supporting  and  useful 
young  men  and  women.  One  hundred  dollars  each  for 
one  hundred  thousand  waifs  would  be  $10,000,000  a 
year,  or  three  per  cent,  per  annum  on  your  capital  of 
over  $300,000,000,  which  is  not  one-half  of  what  you  ex¬ 
pect  to  make.  Still  you  say  you  have  nothing  to  live 
for  but  to  indulge  in  these  sensual,  beastly  orgies.  You 
are  perfectly  free,  of  course,  to  do  as  you  please,  but  as 
for  me  I  have  other  use  for  my  time.  I  have  tried  every 
kind  of  experience  and  know  how  harmful  and  useless 
such  orgies  as  these  are,  especially  when  there  is  so  much 
need  to  make  better  use  of  our  time. 

RAILROAD.  Come,  Mr.  Sutta,  you  are  going  too 
far.  We  have  the  right  to  spend  our  money  as  we  please. 

SUTTA.  I  can  only  warn  you,  gentlemen,  that  we 
are  facing  a  crisis  that  calls  for  a  more  serious  use  of 
our  time  than  indulging  in  such  orgies  as  this.  As  I 
am  spoiling  your  fun  I  will  take  my  departure.  (Starts 
to  leave  the  room  and  Stratton  joins  him.) 

BANKER.  You  are  surely  a  crank  and  are  trying 
to  scare  us  by  threatening  a  revolution.  If  a  revolution 
comes  it  will  be  just  such  cranks  as  you  who  will  be 
responsible  for  it. 

(Sutta  turns  and  faces  them  and  says:) 

“You  need  not  take  my  warning,  gentlemen.  I  can 
give  you  better  authorities  than  T.  Abraham  Lincoln, 


But  too  Selfish  to  Respond. 


75 


our  lamented  president,  wrote  to  a  friend  in  Illinois  at 
the  close  of  the  war  as  follows: 

‘Yes,  we  may  well  rejoice  that  this  cruel  war  has 
come  to  a  close.  The  best  blood  of  the  flower  of  the 
American  youth  has  been  freely  offered  on  our  country’s 
altar  in  order  that  our  nation  might  live.  It  has  indeed 
been  a  trying  hour  for  this  republic;  but  I  see  in  the 
near  future  a  crises  arising  that  unnerves  me  and  causes 
me  to  tremble  for  the  welfare  of  my  country.  As  a  re¬ 
sult  of  the  war,  corporations  have  been  enthroned,  and 
an  era  of  corruption  in  high  places  will  follow.  The 
money  power  of  this  country  will  endeavor  to  prolong 
its  reign  by  working  upon  the  prejudices  of  the  people 
until  this  republic  will  be  destroyed.  God  grant  that  my 
fears  may  prove  groundless.’ 

“I  ask  you,  gentlemen,  if  his  fears  wTere  groundless, 
when  a  prominent  United  States  senator  has  said  on  the 
floor  of  the  United  States  Senate: 

“  ‘We  can  not  disguise  the  fact  that  we  are  on  the 
verge  of  an  impending  revolution.  Old  issues  are  dead. 
The  people  of  this  country  are  fast  arraying  themselves 
cn  one  side  or  the  other  of  a  portentous  contest.  On  one 
side  is  capital,  formidable,  entrenched  in  privileges,  ar¬ 
rogant  with  continued  triumph,  struggling  to  adjust  all 
values  to  its  standard.  On  the  other  side  is  labor,  ask¬ 
ing  for  employment,  struggling  to  develop  domestic  in¬ 
dustries.  battling  with  the  forces  of  nature  and  subduing 
the  wilderness.  Labor  starving  and  sullen  in  the  cities 
is  resolutely  determined  to  overthrow  a  system  by  which 
the  rich  are  growing  richer  and  the  poor  poorer.  A  sys¬ 
tem  that  gives  to  Vanderbilt  and  Gould  wealth  beyond 
the  dreams  of  avarice,  and  condemns  the  poor  to  a  pov¬ 
erty  from  which  there  is  no  refuge  but  the  grave.  De¬ 
mands  for  justice  are  met  with  impudence  and  disdain. 
The  working  people  of  this  country  asking  for  employ¬ 
ment  are  treated  like  mendicants  begging  for  bread.’ 

“Only  a  few  years  ago  the  most  of  the  wealthy  peo¬ 
ple  of  this  country,  both  north  and  south,  denounced  and 
abused  William  Lloyd  Garrison,  Wendell  Phillips  and 
others,  and  hung  John  Brown,  for  warning  them  that 
chattel  slavery  must  be  abolished.  The  warning  was  not 
heeded  by  the  North  or  the  South,  nor  the  laws  enacted 
abolishing  slavery  on  a  basis  of  justice  and  reciprocity, 
by  appraising  the  value  of  the  slaves  and  paying  for  them 
by  the  government  as  any  other  property  is  paid  for  that 


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is  condemned  bj’  the  government.  This  would  have  en¬ 
abled  the  southern  slave-holders  to  pay  good  wages  to 
their  former  slaves  and  use  their  capital  to  develop  the 
wonderfully  rich  resources  of  the  South,  from  which  the 
entire  country  would  have  reaped  a  rich  return.  We 
were  instead  compelled  to  sacrifice  hundreds  of  thou¬ 
sands  of  lives  and  squander  billions  of  dollars  of  money 
to  devastate  the  South  so  seriously  that  thirty  years  have 
scarcely  enabled  them  to  recover.  Our  present  crisis  is 
far  more  serious  than  we  have  ever  had  before  in  the 
history  of  our  country.  Millions  of  our  able  bodied 
white  citizens,  including  experienced  and  capable  busi¬ 
ness  men,  expert  mechanics,  skilled  artists,  inventors 
and  teachers,  who  are  able  and  eager  to  be  producers  of 
something  useful,  and  to  be  at  least  self-supporting,  are 
not  able  to  do  so.  In  many  cases  they  are  living  by  the 
charity  of  others,  and  many  thousands  are  joining  the 
immense  army  of  tramps.  If  you,  as  multi-millionaires, 
representing  more  power  to-day  than  most  kings  ever 
possessed,  refuse  to  consider  that  our  present  crisis  de¬ 
mands  a  new  and  broader,  more  humane  and  just,  sys¬ 
tem  of  producing  and  distributing  the  wealth  of  this 
country  than  the  present  selfish,  aggressive  fight  among 
the  strong  to  get  dominion  over  each  other  (the  weak 
having  long  since  been  left  behind  in  the  struggle),  then 
I  fear  that  Abraham  Lincoln’s  warning  that  the  money 
power  of  this  country  would  endeavor  to  prolong  its  reign 
by  working  upon  the  prejudices  of  the  people  until  this 
republic  will  be  destroyed,  will  indeed  come  true.  Al¬ 
ready  many  of  the  reform  papers  of  the  United  States 
are  openly  and  boldly  printing  in  large  type  conspicuously 
the  advice  to  the  masses  to  secure  rifles  for  use  in  the 
near  future,  while  the  following  poem  has  been  printed 
and  endorsed  as  possible  by  prominent  newspapers  of 
the  United  States.  It  is  entitled  ‘Wait.’ 

“  ‘WAIT. 

“  ‘Wait  till  these  ragged  vagabonds,  now  swarming  o’er 
the  land, 

Are  clot hed  and  fed  and  drilled  and  led,  and  feel  the 
guiding  hand 

Of  some  clear-headed  leader,  bred  upon  the  Rattle  Field; 
Some  new  Napoleon  of  the  West,  whose  master  hand  can 
wield 


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The  sword,  the  sceptre,  too,  as  well.  Some  daring  son  of 
Mars, 

Some  hero  of  a  hundred  fights,  who  laughs  at  death  and 
scars. 

Wait  till  his  marching  myriads  come,  poor  vagabonds 
no  more, 

But  every  one  a  soldier  trained,  a  dog  of  death  and  gore. 

Straining  until  the  leash  is  slipped,  these  victims  of  vour 
hell, 

Armed  to  the  teeth,  revenge  in  their  hearts,  swooping 
with  hungry  yell 

Down  on  your  crowded  cities,  where  loot  and  beauty 
stand, 

Easy  to  pluck,  like  ripened  fruit,  by  any  grasping  hand. 

Nay,  smile  not  in  derision,  for  be  sure  that  day  will  come. 

You  will  see  their  bayonets  glitter,  you  will  hear  their 
rolling  drums. 

Even  now  the  moaning  of  the  storm  is  in  the  distance 
heard; 

Even  now  the  tranquil  firmament  with  thunder  clouds  is 
blurred. 

They’re  swelling  big  and  bigger  still,  and  yet  you  sit  and 
smile, 

Secure  behind  your  money  bags  for  yet  a  little  while. 

Soon,  soon  the  awful  storm  will  burst  upon  you  like  a 
flood; 

The  gutters  of  your  crowded  streets  will  overflow  with 
blood. 

What  talisman  do  you  possess,  what  luck  sign  o’er  your 
door? 

Listen,  and  down  a  hundred  years  you  still  can  hear  the 
roar 

Of  mad  assassins  dancing  round  the  crimson  guillotine, 

Drunk  with  the  blood  of  rulers,  of  the  rich,  and  kings  and 
queens, 

And  still,  poor  idiots,  you  smile  behind  your  piles  of  gold, 

When  heads  a  thousand  times  more  firm  have  in  the 
basket  rolled. 

Remember  that  the  gold  you  hoard,  got  by  your  schem¬ 
ing  skill. 

Will  bring  vou  naught  of  safetv  then;  thev  now  will  hunt 
to  kill.1 

You  clothed  and  fed  them  often,  but  now  no  trifling  sop. 

Though  thrown  in  haste  before  his  jaws,  this  Cerberus 
will  stop. 


78  Multi-Millionaires  Appealed  to ,  but  too  Selfish  to  Respond. 


With  vengeance  in  tlieir  throbbing  hearts,  they  want  both 
blood  and  gold. 

They  only  know  that  you  are  rich,  and  they  are  gaunt  and 
cold. 

‘Down  with  the  rich!’  their  war  cry  still,  the  people 
shall  be  free; 

Freedom  for  them,  you  gave  it  when  you  called  them  o’er 
the  sea, 

The  down-trodden  and  oppressed  of  every  foreign  land, 

And  o’er  them  threw  your  rngis,  and  clasped  each  by  the 
hand. 

Now  ye  shall  reap  the  harvest  that  by  yourselves  was 
sown, 

And  tread  the  burning  plowshare  with  many  a  curse  and 
groan. 

You  fought  about  the  negro,  now  of  yourselves  take  care. 

For  there  is  treachery  around  you,  and  there  is  vengeance 
in  the  air.’ 

“Good  evening.” 

Retires  with  Stratton. 


CHAPTER  V. 


ROOM  IN  A  TENEMENT  HOUSE  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY, 
WRETCHED  IN  EVERY  WAY— BARE  FLOOR  AND  WALLS— 
THE  ONLY  FURNITURE  PLAIN  WOODEN  TABLE  AND 
CHAIR,  AND  TWO  OLD  BOXES  FOR  SEATS— ONE  OTHER 
BOX  WITH  A  SMALL  COAL  OIL  STOVE  TO  COOK  ON— A 
FEW  TIN  PLATES  AND  CUPS  FOR  DISHES,  AND  A  BUNDLE 
OF  RAGGED  CLOTHES  ON  AN  OLD  STRAW  TICK  IN  THE 
CORNER  ON  THE  FLOOR  FOR  THEIR  BED  FOR  THE  EN¬ 
TIRE  FAMILY  OF  FIVE— PRESENT:  MRS.  VANDERBILT 
WITH  HER  THREE  LITTLE  CHILDREN,  ALL  BAREFOOTED, 
RAGGED  AND  WRETCHED— THE  TWO  YOUNGEST  OF  THE 
CHILDREN  ARE  ON  THE  BED,  WRAPPED  IN  THE  BEDDING 
AND  CONSTANTLY  CRYING  FOR  SOMETHING  TO  EAT— 
THE  POOR,  WORN  OUT,  EMACIATED  AND  RAGGED 
MOTHER  IS  TRYING  TO  COMFORT  THEM. 

Oldest  girl,  Helen,  says: 

“Mama,  you  say  papa  has  gone  to  get  us  something 
to  eat;  why  is  he  gone  so  long?  He  left  early  this  morn¬ 
ing  and  has  been  gone  all  day,  and  it  is  growing  dark.” 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  Yes,  my  precious  child. 
Papa  has  been  gone  a  long  time.  But  he  had  to  look  for 
work,  you  know,  and  perhaps  he  has  secured  it  and  that 
is  keeping  him. 

HELEN.  You  have  said  the  same  thing,  mama,  for 
several  days,  but  every  evening  papa  comes  home  and  he 
has  not  had  any  work  and  does  not  bring  us  anything  to 
eat.  The  only  food  we  have  had  has  been  the  plain  bread 
Mrs.  Astor,  in  the  next  room,  and  the  Jewish  Rabbi  has 
given  us,  and  we  have  not  had  any  to-day,  and  I  am 
awful  hungry  and  cold.  (Sobs  and  cries.) 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  Mrs.  Astor  could  not  give  us 
any  bread  to-day,  Helen,  for  she  has  none  herself;  and 
our  friend,  the  Jewish  Rabbi,  perhaps  has  none  either. 
The  Sewing  Machine  Company  took  away  her  machine, 
just  as  they  did  mine,  because  she  could  not  finish  paying 
for  it.  I  know  my  dear  ones  are  hungry,  but  we  must  be 


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patient  and  wait  until  dear  papa  comes,  and  he  surely 
will  bring  us  some  food. 

Little  ones  cry  piteously  for  something  to  eat. 
Mother  goes  to  them  and  takes  the  smallest  in  her  arms, 
and  leads  the  other  back  to  the  chair,  on  which  she  sits 
and  looks  up  to  heaven  and  shakes  her  weary  head,  then 
buries  her  head  on  the  breast  of  her  little  child,  rocking 
to  and  fro  to  try  and  still  its  crying. 

HELEN.  You  said  there  is  a  loving  God  up  in 
heaven,  who  is  our  Heavenly  Father,  and  that  He  looks 
after  all  His  children.  Why  did  He  take  away  our  home, 
where  we  had  so  many  beautiful  pictures  and  flowers  and 
fine  furniture  and  clothes,  and  plenty  of  nice  things  to 
eat,  and  make  us  come  and  live  in  this  awful  place,  where 
we  are  hungry  and  cold  all  the  time? 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  God  didn’t  make  us  come 
here,  my  darling.  The  banks  and  railroads  where  papa 
had  his  money  invested  all  failed,  and  papa  lost  all  his 
money,  and  after  a  while  he  borrowed  some  money  on 
our  lovely  home,  and  when  it  came  due  could  not  pay,  and 
we  had  to  give  it  up.  You  know  how  hard  papa  has  tried 
to  get  work  and  earn  money,  but  all  the  time  we  are  get¬ 
ting  poorer  and  poorer,  until  finally  we  had  to  come  and 
live  in  the  slums. 

HELEN.  How  do  people  get  money,  mama? 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  They  generally  have  to  earn 
it,  my  dear,  by  doing  some  kind  of  work  or  business. 

HELEN.  Did  papa  do  any  kind  of  work  or  business 
when  we  had  our  lovely  home,  mama? 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  No,  my  darling.  He  had 
plenty  of  money  then,  that  he  inherited  from  his  father. 

HELEN.  But  papa  has  worked  very  hard  since  then. 
He  shoveled  snow  every  day  from  the  sidewalks  while 
the  snow  storm  lasted.  Why  didn’t  he  get  plenty  of 
money? 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  That  kind  of  work  does  not 
pay  much  money,  Helen. 

HELEN.'  Why  don’t  it,  mama? 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  Because  it  does  not  help 
people  enough  to  be  worth  much  money. 

HELEN.  The  Jewish  Rabbi  and  Mrs.  Astor  help  us 
by  keeping  us  from  starving  to  death — do  we  have  to  pay 
them  for  it,  mama? 


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MRS.  VANDERBILT.  No.  darling;  we  have  no 
money  to  pay  them.  God  will  reward  them  when  they 
get  to  heaven. 

HELEN.  In  my  prayer  that  I  repeat  every  night  to 
God  when  I  go  to  bed  it  says:  “Thy  kingdom  come,  Thy 
will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven.”  What  does  that 
mean,  mother? 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  It  means,  my  darling,  that 
every  one  will  be  happy,  pure  and  good,  and  have  every¬ 
thing  delightful  here  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven. 

HELEN.  When  will  that  be,  mama? 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  In  God’s  own  time,  I  sup¬ 
pose.  I  am  afraid  we  are  not  worthy  of  such  blessing 
yet. 

HELEN.  Why  ain’t  we  worthy,  mama?  You  told 
me  anything  we  prayed  to  God  for,  and  had  faith  that  He 
would  answer  our  prayers,  He  would  surely  send  us. 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  Yes.  my  dear,  we  must  have 
faith  in  God.  According  to  our  faith  it  shall  be  done 
unto  us. 

HELEN.  Then  I  guess  we  don’t  put  any  faith  in  our 
prayers.  I  am  going  to  pray  to  God  to  send  papa  home 
soon  with  something  to  eat,  and  then  to  give  us  our  nice 
home  back  again,  and  I  am  going  to  have  faith  and  He 
will  answer  it. 

Helen  kneels  down  and  clasps  her  hands  in  prayer 
and  says: 

“Oh  God,  up  in  heaven,  mama  says  you  always  an¬ 
swer  our  prayers  if  we  have  faith  in  you.  Now,  O  God,  I 
want  you  to  send  papa  home  soon  with  lots  of  nice  things 
to  eat,  and  then  give  us  our  beautiful  home  back  again, 
and  give  papa  lots  of  money,  and  make  mama,  and  Mrs. 
Astor,  and  the  Jewish  Rabbi,  and  everybody  real  happy, 
and  give  them  nice  homes,  too.  I  have  faith  in  Thee,  O 
God,  and  I  know  you  will  answer  my  prayer,  and  I  will 
pray  every  day  after  this  with  faith.” 

Enter  Mr.  Vanderbilt,  emaciated,  ragged  and 
wretched.  He  has  nothing  with  him  and  turns  aside 
from  his  wife,  who  rises  to  greet  him,  and  sinks  on  the 
box  near  the  table  and  groans  aloud.  Mrs.  Vanderbilt 
places  the  two  little  ones  on  the  bed  and  wraps  them  up, 
and  then  returns  to  her  husband  and  tries  to  comfort  him. 
He  groans  in  agony  and  shakes  his  head  and  says: 

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‘‘It  is  no  use,  wife,  I  can  not  endure  this  any  longer. 
If  I  could  borrow  some  money  to  pay  the  premium  I 
would  get  my  life  insured  and  gladly  kill  myself  to  pro¬ 
vide  food  for  my  starving  family.” 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  My  dear  husband,  you  must 
not  give  up  like  this.  Surely  we  will  get  something  to 
eat  to-night.  Our  kind  friend,  the  Jewish  Rabbi,  will 
surely  divide  with  us  if  he  has  anything  even  for  his  own 
family.  You  know  he  says  any  one  can  have  half  of  any¬ 
thing  he  has  at  any  time,  if  they  need  it  more  than  he 
does.  Then  there  are  the  Salvation  Army  women.  If  we 
go  to  them  they  will  give  us  food. 

MR.  VANDERBILT.  Yes,  my  dear,  I  suppose  we 
can  beg  a  little  food  to  keep  from  starving,  but  the  Rabbi 
and  the  Salvation  Army  have  helped  us  so  much,  I  am 
ashamed  to  go  to  them  again.  But  that  is  not  the  worst. 
I  have  tried  hard  all  day  to  get  any  kind  of  work  at  any 
price,  but  could  not  succeed.  I  then  went  on  Broadway 
and  approached  every  man  who  looked  as  though  he  was 
wealthy  and  asked  for  only  a  few  cents,  saying  that  my 
wife  and  family  were  at  home  starving,  but  I  did  not  get 
a  cent.  They  would  either  look  cross  and  tell  me  to  go 
to  work,  or  repulse  me  without  speaking,  while  quite  a 
number  said  they  were  broke  themselves.  Finally  I  was 
compelled  to  go  to  the  agent’s  office  and  tell  him  I  had 
failed  to  get  any  money.  He  received  positive  orders 
from  Mr.  Dude,  the  owner  of  the  tenements,  to  put  us  out 
a  week  ago  for  non-payment  of  rent;  but  day  after  day  1 
have  pleaded  so  hard  for  one  more  day  of  grace  that  he 
has  granted  it,  until  this  evening  he  said  he  could  not 
wait  any  longer  or  he  would  lose  his  position  as  agent,  so 
he  is  coming  to  put  us  out  in  the  street.  Mv  God,  what 
will  we  do,  and  my  poor  little  darlings  cold  and  starving! 

Helen  goes  to  her  papa  and  says: 

“I  have  just  been  praying  to  God,  papa,  to  send  you 
home  quick  with  lots  of  nice  food,  and  to  give  us  our 
nice,  lovely  home  back  again,  and  mama  says  if  we  have 
faith  God  will  answer  our  prayers.  1  guess  you  came 
home  too  quick  and  God  did  not  have  time  to  send  you 
the  food.” 

MR.  VANDERBILT  (taking  Helen  in  his  arms.) 
God  bless  your  blessed  innocent  faith.  II  gives  me  cour¬ 
age,  my  darling,  when  I  was  on  the  verge  of  desperation. 
God  has  given  us  a  beautiful  world,  with  plenty  of  every- 


Of  Those  Who  Have  No  Money. 


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tiling-  for  every  one.  It  is  only  the  cold-hearted,  selfish 
rich  people  who  keep  us  from  getting  our  share. 

HELEN.  Was  you  cold-hearted  and  selfish  when  you 
was  rich,  papa? 

MK.  VANDERBILT.  I  am  afraid  that  I  was,  and 
that  all  our  present  sufferings  are  to  punish  me  for  my 
past  selfishness  in  not  helping  others  when  I  had  plenty 
of  money. 

Enter  agent  with  assistant  and  policeman.  Mrs.  Van¬ 
derbilt  drops  on  her  knees  before  the  agent  and  says: 

“Oh,  sir,  think  of  what  you  are  about  to  do.  Here  are 
three  helpless  little  children,  already  suffering  terribly 
from  cold  and  hunger.  Surely  you  can  not  be  so  cruel  as 
to  put  us  in  the  street  to-night?” 

AGENT.  I  am  very  sorry  for  you,  madam,  but  I 
have  my  own  wife  and  children  to  support,  and  Mr.  Dude 
told  me  to-da}-  that  }  ou  must  be  put  out  before  night  or  he 
would  get  a  new  agent,  and  I  have  waited  one  hour  over 
office  hours  for  your  husband  to  try  and  get  money.  But 
I  can  not  afford  to  lose  Mr.  Dude’s  business,  so  I  have 
no  choice.  I  know  it  is  hard,  but  some  of  the  neighbors 
will  take  you  in  before  you  have  been  on  the  street  very 
long.  They  always  do. 

Goes  to  work  with  the  assistant  to  take  out  the 
things.  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  takes  one  child,  Mr.  Vanderbilt 
takes  the  other  in  his  arms,  and  the  two  young  children 
cry  piteously  on  going  out.  Helen,  who  has  hold  of  her 
father's  hand,  says: 

“Are  we  going  back  to  our  beautiful  home,  papa?” 


CHAPTER  VI. 


WRETCHED  STREET  IN  THE  SLUMS— SOLID  ROWS  OF  SIX- 
STORY  TENEMENT  HOUSES  ON  EVERY  HAND,  AVER¬ 
AGING  A  FAMILY  TO  EACH  ROOM— THE  SIDEWALK 
CROWDED  WITH  DENIZENS  AND  THE  STREETS  WITH 
HUCKSTERS’  CARTS  PEDDLING  STALE  FISH,  MEATS, 
VEGETABLES  AND  FRUIT  THAT  HAS  BEEN  LEFT  OVER 
FROM  THE  DAY’S  SALES  IN  THE  MARKETS— IT  IS  DARK 
EXCEPT  FOR  THE  STREET  LAMPS  AND  THE  LIGHTS 
FROM  THE  WINDOWS  AND  HUCKSTERS— UNDER  A  STREET 
LAMP  ON  THE  SIDEWALK  THE  VANDERBILT  FAMILY  ARE 
GATHERED  WITH  THEIR  FEW  EFFECTS,  AND  A  NUMBER 
OF  DENIZENS  HAVE  GATHERED  ROUND  THEM. 

RABBI.  Here  is  a  quarter  of  a  dollar,  friends,  which 
is  every  cent  I  have  in  the  world.  We  must  make  up 
one  dollar  to  pay  a  week’s  rent  in  advance  before  we  can 
secure  a  room  for  the  Vanderbilts.  I  would  gladly  take 
them  in  with  my  family,  but  we  already  have  two  fam¬ 
ilies  in  our  small  apartments. 

Emma  Goldman  and  Herr  Most  happen  to  be  passing 
and  stop  to  see  what  is  the  cause  of  the  gathering. 

EMMA.  Only  another  eviction.  They  are  too  com¬ 
mon  to  notice,  as  the}7  average  over  twelve  hundred  a 
month  in  this  city  at  the  present  time.  Only  serves  them 
right.  When  I  tried  to  help  them  by  agitating  for  their 
rights,  the  wage  slaves  of  this  city  allowed  me  to  be  sent 
to  prison  without  even  a  protest  from  them.  The  next 
time  I  start  in  to  agitate  I  will  start  in  another  way. 

MOST.  Yes,  you  bet,  my  friend.  I  know  something 
about  it,  too.  I  have  been  locked  up  in  prison  six  times 
for  trying  to  help  such  pool1  devils  as  these,  and  get  no 
thanks.  Still,  it  is  enough  to  make  my  blood  boil  with 
indignation  to  see  how  the}7  have  to  suffer,  and  we  must 
try  to  find  a  way  to  get  justice  for  the  poor  people  soon. 
I  think  they  are  about  ready  to  stick  together  and  mean 
business.  Here  is  a  quarter,  friend,  to  help  you  get  a 
room. 


U'omen  to  Be  the  Saviors  of  Mankind. 


85 


Sutta  and  Stratton  approach.  Sutta  is  showing  his 
friend  the  slums  of  New  York  by  gaslight. 

SUTTA.  This  entire  row  of  tenements  on  this  block 
belongs  to  Mr.  Dude,  whom  we  met  at  the  supper  party 
last  night.  I  understand  his  income  from  his  slum  tene¬ 
ments  is  over  $100,000  per  year,  which  is  only  a  small 
part  of  his  income,  and  still  all  that  wealth  was  secured 
by  his  grandfather’s  foreclosing  a  mortgage  for  $10,000 
on  a  large  tract  of  land  here  in  the  city,  that  he  bought 
in  himself  for  the  mortgage,  and  held  onto  until  the 
density  of  the  population  made  the  land  worth  millions 
of  dollars.  Yet  he  would  never  spend  a  dollar  for  any 
public  enterprise  or  improvement  if  he  could  possibly 
avoid  it. 

STRATTON.  It  is  hard  to  believe  that  people  will 
live  in  such  miserable  quarters  when  we  have  so  much 
unoccupied  land  in  this  country,  and  then  to  know  that 
there  are  many  men  in  this  country  with  thousands  of 
acres  for  their  private  use,  some  having  a  hundred  thou¬ 
sand  acres  in  their  private  estates,  while  here  are  over 
two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  human  beings  to  one 
square  mile. 

They  approach  the  gathering  around  the  Vander¬ 
bilts.  Party  of  women,  with  dark  wraps  around  them, 
approach  from  the  opposite  side,  and  reach  the  Vander¬ 
bilts  first.  They  are  inquiring  what  is  their  trouble, 
when  Messrs.  Sutta  and  Stratton  also  reach  the  gather¬ 
ing.  They  are  all  under  the  glare  of  the  gas  light,  and 
the  women  in  dark  wraps  are  facing  the  light,  while  list¬ 
ening  to  the  piteous  tale  of  Mrs.  Vanderbilt,  her  husband 
having  gone  to  try  to  get  assistance  from  the  Salvation 
Army  Corps. 

SI  TTA.  (Aside  to  Stratton.)  Can  it  be  possible? 
It  seems  to  good  to  be  true,  still  it  must  be,  for  they 
me  certainly  not  residents  of  the  slums.  I  have  seen 
these  ladies  in  public,  and,  unless  I  am  very  much  mis¬ 
taken,  they  are  Miss  Garrett,  Miss  Drexel,  Mrs.  Green, 
Miss  Willard,  Mrs.  Stanford,  Miss  Adams,  Miss  Gould. 
Mrs.  V  illiams  and  Miss  Fair,  some  of  the  most  prom¬ 
inent  and  wealthiest  ladies  in  the  United  States.  What 
can  their  being  here  in  the  slums  mean?  Possibly  they 
are  only  out  for  a  slumming  trip  to  satisfv  their  curi¬ 
osity.  which  is  getting  to  be  quite  a  fad  with  the  rich. 
Let's  see  what  they  will  do. 


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Poverty  and.  Misery  to  Be  Abolished ; 


MISS  GOULD.  Really,  my  dear  woman,  your  story 
is  a  very  sad  one,  and  I  am  so  thankful  we  happened 
to  be  passing.  friends  here,  and  myself,  have  rented 
a  building  in  the  neighborhood,  and  have  had  it  cleaned 
and  papered  and  painted.  We  have  only  to-day  finished 
furnishing  the  apartments,  and  we  think  they  are  quite 
cosy  and  comfortable.  We  have  been  busy  all  the  after¬ 
noon  with  our  agent,  Mr.Chas.  Stover,  and  having  the  fur¬ 
niture  put  in  place,  and  we  then  attended  a  meeting  at 
the  University  Settlement  to  consider  ways  and  means 
to  provide  employment  for  the  unemployed.  We  are  now 
on  our  way  to  the  Bowery  to  take  the  elevated,  which 
accounts  for  our  being  here  this  time  of  night.  What 
do  you  think,  ladies,  of  having  this  family  move  into 
one  of  the  apartments  to-night? 

MISS  FAIR.  Just  the  thing  to  have  them  do.  Of 
course,  they  can  not  stay  here  all  night.  These  poor 
little  children  are  nearly  dead  with  cold  and  hunger. 
Let’s  get  them  settled  at  once.  The  apartments  are  all 
complete  with  stoves,  dishes,  bedding  and  furniture,  and 
we  can  get  them  a  supply  of  food  and  set  them  up  in 
housekeeping  to-night.  O,  Miss  Adams,  I  am  so  happy 
and  thankful  that  you  have  interested  us  in  this  work. 
It  is  so  very  good  of  you  to  come  here  and  help  us  get 
started  when  you  have  so  much  to  do  at  the  Hull  house 
in  Chicago.  I  am  happier  to-night  than  I  have  ever  been 
in  my  life,  to  realize  how  much  practical  good  I  can  help 
accomplish  instead  of  wasting  my  lime  doing  nothing 
and  simply  trying  to  amuse  myself.  (To  the  Jewish 
Rabbi.)  Here  is  some  money,  my  friend.  Go  at  once 
and  get  a  pitcher  full  of  hot  coffee  and  some  rolls  for 
these  children  and  their  mother. 

MISS  ADAMS.  I  tell  you  the  rich  people  do  not 
know  what  true  happiness  is  so  long  as  they  are  simply 
trying  to  enjoy  themselves.  They  must  go  to  work  and 
help  make  others  comfortable  and  happy  before  they  can 
realize  real  peace  and  joy.  You  have  not  begun  to  be 
happy  as  you  will,  Miss  Fair,  if  you  follow  up  this  work. 
People  used  to  wonder  how  I  could  endure  it  to  live  in 
the  slums  of  Chicago,  in  Ihe  midst  of  such  terrible 
wretchedness  and  misery,  and  it  was  terrible  trying  at 
first,  because  I  could  not  get  the  help  I  wanted,  but 
still  all  the  time  1  have  been  encouraged  by  realizing 
that  1  was  only  doing  my  duty.  I  had  my  time  to  use  as 


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I  pleased,  and  what  better  use  could  1  make  of  it?  Now, 
many  of  the  wealthiest  and  most  refined  ladies  in  Chi¬ 
cago  are  helping  in  the  work,  some  of  them  living  in  the 
slums  with  me. 

MISS  DREXEL.  My  work  is  mainly  for  the  colored 
people,  and  I  have  become  accustomed  to  much  poverty 
and  distress,  but  I  have  never  seen  anything  to  compare 
w  ith  the  condition  of  the  poor  people  in  the  slums  of  this 
city.  It  has  been  a  valuable  experience  to  me,  and  I 
shall  try  to  make  use  of  it  by  helping  to  start  a  work  of 
this  kind  in  Philadelphia. 

MISS  GARRETT.  It  certainly  seems  to  me  to  be  a 
practical  way  to  help  the  poor,  and  I  shall  start  this  work 
in  Baltimore. 

MRS.  STANFORD.  And  I  shall  do  the  same  in 
San  Francisco  for  the  poor  of  that  city.  I  have  already 
helped  to  start  and  maintain  a  number  of  Kindergartens 
for  the  children  of  the  poor,  but  I  realize  that  as  long 
as  they  have  to  live  in  such  wretched,  crowded  quarters, 
their  education  will  not  do  them  much  good.  The  most 
serious  problem  now  for  us  all  to  consider  is,  how^  to 
help  these  poor  people  to  support  themselves  and  be  able 
to  secure  comfortable  homes  and  other  advantages.  On 
every  hand  we  find  every  kind  of  occupation  and  employ¬ 
ment  overdone,  and  still  thousands  and  hundreds  of  thou¬ 
sands  of  worthy  people  unable  to  secure  any  kind  of 
employment.  I  think  if  my  lamented  husband  had  lived 
until  lie  could  have  helped  out  the  plan  of  the  Populists 
of  issuing  money  by  the  government  direct  to  the  people 
through  sub-treasuries,  at  a  very  low  rate  of  interest, 
say  1  or  2  per  cent,  per  annum,  it  would  enable  all  the 
people  in  this  country  to  prosper. 

M  ISS  t\  ILLARD.  So  your  husband  was  a  Populist, 
was  he,  Mrs.  Stanford? 

MRS.  STANFORD.  He  was  anything  to  help  the 
people.  He  realized  that  the  wealth  he  had  been  able 
to  accumulate  had  been  produced  by  the  help  of  the 
working  people,  and  he  was  constantly  studying  and 
working  to  help  them  all  he  could.  He  felt  that  a  grand 
I  niversity,  to  provide  many  kinds  of  useful  training  and 
instruction  to  young  people  without  any  cost  to  them, 
would  be  of  some  help,  so  he  started  the  Leland  Stanford, 
Jr.  University  at  Palo  Alto,  and  would  have  made  a 
grand  institution  of  it  if  he  had  lived,  and  the  govern- 


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Poverty  and  Misery  to  Be  Abolished; 


ment  had  not  interfored  by  tying:  np  the  endowment. 
But  he  realized  that  education  alone  was  not  sufficient, 
and  that  is  why  he  favored  the  plans  of  the  Populists. 

MRS.  WILLIAMS.  Oh.  why  will  not  more  people 
realize  how  much  happier  and  better  they  would  be  if 
they  would  onl}T  try  and  help  those  in  need  to  improve 
their  condition.  We  have  had  too  much  so-called  char¬ 
ity  and  reform.  We  must  practice  a  little  more  justice 
and  brotherly  love.  I  feel  that  the  rich  will  soon  real¬ 
ize  it. 

MISS  WILLARD.  In  spite  of  all  this  wretchedness 
I  am  truly  happy  to-night.  I  feel  that  we  are  beginning 
a  work  that  will  in  time  lead  to  the  abolishing  of  pov¬ 
erty  entirely,  and  then  ignorance,  intemperance  and 
crime  will  eventually  be  done  away  with.  We  must  get 
Lucy  Mallory’s  paper,  ‘‘The  Universal  Republic,”  to  pro¬ 
pose  to  the  members  of  the  World  Soul  Communion  all 
over  the  world,  to  hold  the  thought  that  poverty  will 
be  done  away  with,  and  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity 
for  all  mankind  be  realized  on  a  basis  of  justice  and 
reciprocity.  You  know  thoughts  are  things,  and  accord¬ 
ing  to  our  faith  it  shall  be  done  unto  us. 

MISS  ADAMS.  Yes.  thoughts  are  things,  and  will 
be  realized  according  to  our  faith,  but  “faith  without 
works  availeth  nothing.  “Come,  Mrs.  Vanderbilt;  if  you 
have  finished  the  hot  coffee,  we  will  get  you  located  in 
your  new  home.  You  will  not  need  these  things,  and  can 
give  them  to  these  kind  friends  who  have  been  trying  to 
help  you,  if  they  want  them.  The  Rabbi  will  direct  your 
husband  where  to  find  you. 

MRS.  GREEN.  Really,  ladies,  I  am  so  glad  you 
asked  me  to  help  you  in  this  work.  It  is  the  best  invest¬ 
ment  1  have  ever  made  of  my  money. 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  1  will  give  these  traps  to 
my  friend,  the  Rabbi,  who  has  been  so  kind  to  us.  Poor 
as  they  are,  he  will  find  some  one  glad  to  get  them.  (To 
the  Rabbi,  taking  his  hand.)  We  have  been  very  for¬ 
tunate  to  find  such  kind  friends,  but  I  shall  never  forget 
your  great  kindness  to  myself  and  family,  and  I  shall 
hope  and  pray  I  may  be  able  to  pay  you  some  day. 

RABBI.  Oh,  don't  say  anything  about  my  helping 
you.  1  have  done  nothing.  You  know  I  am  nearly  as 
poor  as  you,  but  I  am  so  thankful  you  have  found  such 


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good  friends.  Surely  the  millennium  must  be  coming. 
Good  night;  good  angels  be  with  you. 

Miss  Gould  takes  one  of  the  children  in  her  arms, 
and  Miss  Fair  the  other,  and  Mrs.  Vanderbilt  takes  Helen 
by  the  hand,  and  they  start. 

HELEN.  Mama,  God  sent  these  line  ladies  in  an¬ 
swer  to  my  prayer,  didn’t  he? 

MRS.  VANDERBILT.  Yes,  my  darling,  he  surely 

did. 

Sutta  and  Stratton  have  been  standing  aside  in  a 
shadow  of  a  telegraph  pole,  but  where  they  could  see  and 
hear  the  conversation  and  not  be  noticed  by  the  ladies. 

SUTTA.  This  seems  like  a  beautiful  dream,  and  too 
good  to  be  true.  I  am  the  happiest  man  in  the  world 
to-night,  for  I  feel  the  new  era  of  peace,  happiness  and 
prosperity  for  all  human  beings  is  surely  drawing  near 
on  this  planet,  when  our  Heavenly  Father  can  get  such 
royal  workers  as  these  ladies  can  be,  with  their  great 
wealth  and  influence  to  help  Him.  1  must  submit  the 
plans  for  the  Model  City  and  the  New  Era  Union  to  these 
ladies.  There  is  no  use  wasting  time  with  selfish  money 
kings.  A  few  grand  souls,  such  as  these  ladies  show 
themselves  to  be,  can  make  it  possible  to  build  enough 
Model  Cities  in  the  course  of  time  for  all  mortals,  where 
they  will  be  able  to  enjoy  comforts  with  all  possible  ad¬ 
vantages. 

The  ladies  have  been  lingering  to  talk  with  some  of 
the  denizens,  and  all  are  still  grouped  together  on  the 
street.  Sutta  and  Stratton  at  a  slight  distance.  Sud¬ 
denly  every  light  is  out,  causing  total  darkness.  Then 
appears  a  faint  light  from  above,  growing  gradually 
brighter,  while  sweet,  heavenly  music  is  heard,  with 
angels  singing : 

“‘On  earth,  peace,  good  will  to  all.” 

All  are  now  revealed  by  the  light  from  above,  when 
a  flash  of  bright  white  light  from  above  is  focused  upon 
the  group  of  ladies  in  the  slums,  and  a  beautiful  angel 
in  white  is  seen  slowly  descending  in  the  midst  of  this 
bright  light.  When  within  about  ten  feet  of  them  she 
stops,  suspended  in  the  air,  and  says: 

“Behold,  the  New  Era  is  at  hand.  The  Creator  com¬ 
mands  that  mankind  shall  change  from  the  carnivorous 


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Poverty  and  Misery  to  Be  Abolished . 


life  of  contention  to  the  humane  life  of  peace.  All  who 
help  to  maintain  war,  poverty  and  crime  shall  go  down 
to  destruction  until  they  are  blotted  off  the  earth.  Those 
who  are  living  for  self,  or  Satan,  and  are  only  consumers 
or  destroyers,  shall  be  called  Uzians,  but  those  who  are 
living  and  working  for  others,  with  faith  in  the  Creator’s 
power  of  Divine  Love,  shall  be  called  Fait  hist  s.  Because 
woman  is  the  highest  symbol  of  the  Creator’s  love  here 
on  earth,  into  your  hands  will  be  given  the  plans  to  or¬ 
ganize  brotherhoods  to  attain  peace,  happiness  and 
prosperity  for  all.  especially  for  the  helpless  children. 
As  a  warning  to  mortals  not  to  place  their  faith  in 
material  things,  all  the  present  large  cities,  which  are 
festering  centers  of  selfishness  and  sin,  will  go  down  to 
destruction.  All  who  are  ready  to  help  found  the  Cre¬ 
ator's  Kingdom  on  earth  will  depart  therefrom  and  unite 
in  brotherhoods  for  doing  good  unto  others,  building  and 
maintaining  delightful  cities  and  villages,  where  peace, 
happiness  and  prosperity  shall  abound  on  a  basis  of 
justice  and  reciprocity.  Unless  thou  art  in  an  organic 
brotherhood  on  earth,-  thou  shalt  go  into  an  inorganic 
condition  of  chaos  in  the  spirit  world.  Like  unto  like 
the  Creator  created  the  heavens  and  the  earth  and  all 
things  therein.” 

The  angel  then  waves  her  hand,  and  suddenly  all 
the  slums  disappear,  revealing  in  the  background,  sus¬ 
pended  in  the  air,  a  beautiful  white  city,  with  delightful 
palaces,  mansions,  residences  and  cottages,  and  grand, 
magnificent  public  buildings  in  the  centre.  The  angel 
slowly  ascends  to  sweet,  heavenly  music,  while  the  light 
and  vision  gradually  fade,  until  complete  darkness  en¬ 
velopes  all. 


CHAPTER  VII. 


FANEUIL  HALL,  BOSTON— THE  “CRADLE  OF  LIBERTY”— NOW 
AGAIN  THE  CRADLE  OF  LIBERTY,  WHERE  AN  ENLIGHT¬ 
ENED  AND  HUMANE  PEOPLE  ARE  AGAIN  MEETING  TO 
CONSIDER  PLANS  TO  ENABLE  ALL  THE  PEOPLE  TO  ENJOY 
PEACE,  HAPPINESS  AND  PROSPERITY  ON  A  BASIS  OF 
JUSTICE  AND  RECIPROCITY— THE  SACRED  OLD  HALL 
IS  BEAUTIFULLY  DECORATED  WITH  FLOWERS  AND 
THE  STARS  AND  STRIPES  HANG  AS  A  BACKGROUND 
OVER  THE  PLATFORM,  TOGETHER  WITH  THE  FLAGS  OF 
ALL  NATIONS— PRESENT,  A  LARGE  AUDIENCE,  FILLING 
THE  HALL  TO  OVERFLOWING,  MANY  NOT  BEING  ABLE 
TO  GAIN  ADMITTANCE— INVITATIONS  HAVE  BEEN  SENT 
BY  A  COMMITTEE  OF  LADIES,  TO  WHOM  MR.  SUTTA 
SUBMITTED  HIS  PLANS,  TO  THE  PRESIDENT  AND  HIS 
CABINET,  EVERY  UNITED  STATES  SENATOR,  TO  THE 
GOVERNORS  OF  EVERY  STATE  AND  TERRITORY,  AND 
THE  LEADING  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF 
ORGANIZATIONS,  SOCIETIES  AND  PROMINENT  CORPORA¬ 
TIONS,  TO  ATTEND  THIS  MEETING. 

They  are  all  seated,  facing  the  platform,  and  many 
others  are  in  the  gallery  and  standing  in  the  aisles.  A 
number  of  distinguished  men  from  abroad  are  in  the 
audience. 

Miss  Willard,  Lady  Somerset,  Mrs.  Williams,  Mrs. 
Wallace,  Count  Tolstoi,  Mr.  Stead,  Gen.  Booth,  B.  O. 
Flower,  Mary  E.  Lease,  Edward  Bellamy,  ex -Gov.  Waite 
and  T.  A.  Sutta  enter  the  hall  and  take  seats  on  the 
platform.  Mrs.  Lease  advances  to  the  front  and  ad¬ 
dresses  the  audience  as  follows: 

‘‘My  dear  brothers  and  sisters,  words  can  not  express 
to  you  how  happy  I  am  to  take  part  in  this  meeting. 
This  is,  I  believe,  the  most  important  meeting  ever  held 
by  human  beings  on  this  planet.  Our  Heavenly  Father, 
the  All  Highest  Creator  of  all.  has  ever  been  working  in 
His  wondrous  ways  His  mysteries  to  perform,  and 
through  His  angels  of  different  degrees  has  been  pa¬ 
tiently  and  lovingly  teaching  and  preparing  mortals  here 


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Plans  to  Realize  the  New  Era  Presented; 


on  earth  slowly  step  by  step  to  comprehend  and  enjoy 
the  many  blessings  and  wonderful  opportunities  He  lias 
prepared  for  them.  All  the  past  experiences  of  mortals 
on  this  planet  have  been  to  prepare  them  for  the  New 
Era  of  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  mankind 
that  is  now  beginning  1o  dawn.  I  do  not  mean  to  say 
that  we  can  hope  that  human  nature  can  change  from 
the  present  carnivorous  and  competitive  habits  very  sud¬ 
denly,  but  still  the  way  is  now  provided  for  those  who 
are  ready  to  do  so.  The  way  to  attain  peace,  happiness 
and  prosperity  for  all  is  so  plain  and  easy  that  the  way¬ 
faring  man,  though  a  fool,  may  not  err  therein,  and  the 
way  is  open  to  all,  even  those  without  money  and  with¬ 
out  price  who  are  willing  to  obey  the  laws  of  justice  and 
reciprocity. 

“Your  invitations  to  attend  this  meeting  have  in¬ 
formed  you  that  it  was  to  consider  plans  for  an  or¬ 
ganization  to  be  called  the  New  Era  Union,  to  unite  all  the 
people  all  over  the  world,  eventually,  who  desire  peace, 
happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  on  a  basis  of  justice  and 
reciprocity.  Also  plans  for  a  line  of  work  to  attain  the 
same,  especially  to  build  the  grand  New  Era  Model  City 
to  utilize  everything  that  is  delightful  and  useful  from 
all  over  the  world,  in  a  centre  for  all  time  to  come,  as 
the  brightest  expression  of  art,  science,  learning  of  all 
kinds,  industry  and  brotherly  love. 

“The  fact  that  so  many  of  you  have  responded,  many 
coming  a  great  distance  and  a  few  even  from  abroad, 
shows  that  the  world  is  ready  for  such  a  step  as  this  to 
be  taken.  All  religions,  all  philosophers,  all  inspired 
teachers  that  have  ever  existed  on  this  earth  have  all.  to 
a  greater  or  less  degree,  hoped  for,  worked  for  and 
prayed  for  the  coming  of  the  time  when  peace,  happi¬ 
ness  and  prosperity  would  be  enjoyed  by  all  mortals  here 
on  earth.  That  is  what  I  believe  Jesus  meant  when  he 
taught  us  to  pray:  ‘Thy  kingdom  come,  Thy  will  be 
done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven.’  1  will  not  quarrel  with 
those  who  want  the  earth  to  be  burned  up  or  made  over, 
or  who  are  looking  for  Christ  1o  come  down  out  of  the 
sky  to  reign  here  in  the  flesh  before  we  can  have  peace, 
happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  mortals.  Everyone  is 
perfectly  free,  of  course,  to  believe  anything  they  please 
as  to  how  the  millennium  will  come,  but  as  a  result  of 
many  years  of  hard  work  and  study  and  thought,  I  have 
given  to  solve  the  problems  of  life,  I  clearly  and  fully 


Faneuil  Hall ,  Boston,  Again  the  Temple  of  Liberty.  93 

believe  with  all  my  mind  and  soul  that  the  coming  of 
the  millennium  will  be  by  putting  in  practice  day  by  day 
to  a  greater  and  still  greater  extent  the  well  known 
truths:  ‘Seek  and  ye  shall  find.’  ‘According  to  your 
faith  it  shall  be  done  unto  you.’  ‘Faith  without  works 
availeth  nothing.’  ‘Do  unto  others  as  you  would  have 
others  do  unto  you,’  and  ‘In  union  there  is  strength.’  ” 

Mrs.  Lease  then  takes  her  seat,  and  Mrs.  Wallace 
addresses  the  audience  as  follows: 

“To  actually,  practically  and  effectually  practice  all 
the  grand  truths  that  Mrs.  Lease  has  spoken  of  is  the 
object  of  the  New  Era  Union  and  the  grand  New  Era 
Model  City  that  Mr.  Sutta  will  present  to  you.  I  must 
not  take  up  your  time  for  the  reading  of  the  plans  will 
show  how  grand  and  important  they  are,  but  as  this  is 
the  first  occasion  that  they  have  ever  been  presented  to 
the  public,  I  must  try  and  impress  you  with  two  facts. 
The  first  is  that  Mr.  Sutta  wants  no  credit,  nor  does  he 
consider  that  he  is  entitled  to  any  credit  for  having  de¬ 
veloped  these  plans.  He  has  simply  been  trying  to  prac¬ 
tice  the  truths  quoted  to  you,  and  as  he  lias  been  very 
much  in  earnest  he  has  found  that  in  seeking  to  find  a 
way  to  do  unto  others  as  he  would  have  others  do  unto 
him,  it  was  absolutely  necessary  to  do  away  with  the 
present  fierce  competitive  struggle  for  existence  and  sel¬ 
fishly  hoarded  wealth  that  most  mortals  are  engaged  in. 
and  establish  a  more  humane,  just  and  delightful  system 
of  living.  Knowing  the  truth  that  according  to  his  faith 
it  would  be  done  unto  him.  he  also  knew  that  faith  with¬ 
out  works  availeth  nothing,  so  he  went  to  work  in 
earnest,  and  in  spite  of  persecution  and  abuse  even  from 
his  own  relatives  and  friends,  in  spite  of  sufferings  and 
privations,  in  spite  of  mistakes  and  failures,  he  has 
faithfully  persevered  until  now  he  is  ready  to  give  to  the 
world  the  benefit  of  the  result.  But  Jie  is  now  more 
eager  than  ever  to  do  away  with  the  present  competitive 
and  selfish  existence,  and  will  work  harder  than  ever, 
as  he  has  devoted  his  life  to  this  work.  While  he  will 
continue  to  struggle  on  alone  as  he  has  in  the  past  until 
his  mortal  life  can  endure  it  no  longer,  and  he  is  forced 
to  submit  as  his  noble  mother  had  to,  to  an  untimely 
death  by  trying  to  carry  a  load  that  should  have  been 
shared  by  many,  still  I  hope  and  pray  with  all  my 
soul  that  after  you  have  seen  how  easy  he  has  made  it 


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Plans  to  Realize  the  New  Era  Presented; 


for  each  and  every  mortal  on  earth  to  help  in  some 
capacity  themselves  as  well  as  others  attain  the  grand 
ideal  of  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  on  a 
basis  of  justice  and  reciprocity,  that  you  will  all  join  the 
New  Era  Union  as  soon  as  possible,  and  not  alone  join 
yourselves,  but  do  all  in  your  power  to  get  your  neigh¬ 
bors  and  friends  to  join  also,  and  then  go  to  work  in 
earnest  and  put  these  plans  in  operation. 

“The  other  fact  is  this:  do  not  allow  any  prejudice 
to  enter  your  minds  against  these  plans  or  work  on  the 
ground  that  they  are  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  or 
favoring  religious  or  reform  belief,  or  that  by  joining  the 
New  Era  Union  one’s  freedom  of  thought  or  action  will 
in  any  way  be  interfered  with  or  curtailed.  I  have  had 
the  pleasure  of  knowing  Mr.  Sutta  intimately  for  many 
years;  in  fact,  ever  since  he  has  been  engaged  in  this 
work  of  seeking  for  a  more  just  and  humane  way  of 
living  for  all  who  are  ready  for  it,  and  I  know  that  his 
one  purpose  in  all  these  plans  is  to  carry  out  to  the  letter 
the  fundamental  principle  of  our  constitution,  of  freedom 
of  all  to  worship  God  according  to  the  dictates  of  their 
own  mind,  or  not  worship  him  at  all  if  one  does  not 
want  to;  also,  to  provide  equal  opportunities  to  all  and 
special  privileges  to  none.  In  mailing  the  invitations 
for  this  meeting  we  have  endeavored  to  send  one  to  the 
leading  official  or  representative  of  every  nation,  the 
president  and  his  cabinet,  every  United  States  senator 
and  governor,  every  religion,  every  belief,  every  reform, 
every  university,  college  and  other  department  of  learn¬ 
ing,  every  society,  lodge,  union,  trade,  labor,  business, 
social,  and,  in  fact,  every  kind  of  organization  that  rep¬ 
resents  any  large  body  of  people.  If  any  such  were  not 
invited  we  are  sorry  and  can  only  plead  lack  of  knowl¬ 
edge  of  them.  From  the  immense  audience  I  should 
judge  that  there  has  been  a  very  general  response  to  the 
invitations,  and  •!  believe  that  those  who  have  not  re¬ 
sponded  will  do  so  at  subsequent  meetings  when  they 
learn  of  the  great  importance  of  these  plans.  We  have 
decided  that  our  dear  friend.  Miss  Willard,  who  is  loved 
and  respected  by  every  person  in  the  world  who  knows 
anything  of  her  noble  and  faithful  work  for  humanity, 
shall  act  as  our  chairman,  and  1  now  take  great  pleasure 
in  presenting  Miss  Willard  to  you.”  (Great  and  pro¬ 
longed  applause.) 


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MISS  WILLARD.  I  thank  Mrs.  Wallace  for  her 
kind  words  relating  to  myself,  but  as  she  has  said  of 
Mr.  Sutta  that  he  wants  no  credit  for  what  he  has  done, 
as  lie  has  simply  tried  to  do  his  duty,  I  can  say  the  same 
for  myself.  I  am  simply  trying  to  do  my  duty,  to  live 
for  a  purpose,  and  that  purpose  is  to  attain  peace,  happi¬ 
ness  and  prosperity  for  all  human  beings  on  a  basis  of 
justice  and  reciprocity.  Because  for  years  I  have  real¬ 
ized  the  necessity  for  some  grand  stupendous  and  sub¬ 
lime  organization  to  unite  all  people  in  a  practical  way 
to  attain  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  all,  as  I 
know  that  “in  union  there  is  strength”  and  “divided  we 
fall,”  I  can  say  with  all  my  mind  and  soul  that  this  is 
the  one  supreme  and  happiest  occasion  of  my  life,  be¬ 
cause  I  believe  these  plans  of  Mr.  Sutta’s  to  be  the  most 
perfect,  most  complete  and  most  desirable  that  it  is  pos¬ 
sible  for  mortal  minds  to  conceive  of  or  attain  to  on  this 
earth  under  the  present  condition  or  for  many  years  to 
come. 

There  is  but  one  thing  that  will  make  me  happier 
than  I  am  to-day, and  that  is  the  world-thrilling. the  world- 
entliusing,  and  the  world’s  most  wonderful,  gigantic,  sub¬ 
lime  and  grand  jubilee,  that  will  be  held  on  the  2d,  3d 
and  4th  of  July  following  the  location  of  the  site  for  the 
grand  Xew  Era  Model  City.  Mr.  Sutta  suggests  that 
15,000,000  be  expended  on  this  jubilee,  and  that  pro¬ 
visions  be  made  for  one  million  people  to  be  present. 
Now  I  want  to  say  right  here  that  the  jubilee  can  be 
held  next  July,  and  that  instead  of  one  million  there 
should  be  live  million  people  present,  at  least.  Let  all 
the  people  from  all  the  world  come  in  steamers,  sail 
boats  or  balloons,  or  any  other  way  they  can  get  here, 
but  especially  let  every  patriotic,  progressive  American 
citizen  of  these  glorious  United  States,  who  wants  to  see 
the  object  for  which  our  forefathers  fought  and  died,  of 
peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  all,  more  fully  real¬ 
ized  than  at  present  for  the  sake  of  all  they  hold  sacred 
and  dear.  Let  all  come  from  the  East,  and  from  the 
West,  and  North  and  South.  Let  the  rich  and  the  poor 
come,  let  the  black  and  the  white  come,  let  the  Christians 
and  Spiritualists,  the  Buddhists,  the  Brahmins,  and  the 
Mohammedans,  the  Free  Thinkers  and  the  Atheists  come, 
let  the  employers  and  the  employed  come,  let  the  prince 
and  pauper  come;  and  as  our  friend.  Mr.  W.  T.  Stead, 
said  in  his  invitation  to  the  meeting  in  Central  Music 


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hall,  Chicago,  to  organize  the  civic  federation  to  reform 
that  city,  let  the  good  and  the  bad  come,  the  pure  and  the 
impure;  all  come,  seeing  only  the  good  in  all,  as  children 
of  the  one  Father,  for  the  time  is  at  hand  when  there 
shall  be  peace  on  earth  and  good  will  to  all  men.  Let 
them  come  in  palace  cars,  in  passenger  cars,  in.  freight 
cars;  let  them  come  on  foot,  on  horseback,  on  muleback; 
let  them  come  in  wagons,  carriages  and  carts;  also  let 
every  man,  woman  and  young  person  in  the  United 
States  who  can  possibly  secure  one,  come  on  bicycles  to 
this  grand,  world-startling  jubilee  next  July  2d,  3d  and 
4th,  to  dedicate  the  site  and  laying  of  the  corner  stone 
of  the  grand  administration  capitol  of  this  grand  New 
Era  Model  City.  (Intense  and  prolonged  applause.)  Now, 
my  dear  brothers  and  sisters,  I  must  not  take  more  of 
your  time,  for  you  ought  to  be  eager  to  hear  these  plans 
read,  but  I  want  to  say  that  I  think  it  would  be  more 
fitting  if  our  friend,  Edward  Bellamy,  who  has  kindly 
favored  us  with  his  presence  to-day,  should  act  as  chair¬ 
man.  He  is  dear  to  all  of  us  for  having  given  us  “Look¬ 
ing  Backward”  (prolonged  applause),  the  inspiration  that 
has  made  us  hope  for,  pray  for  and  work  for  the  ac¬ 
complishment  of  just  such  an  organization  as  the  New 
Ere  Union,  and  the  realizing  of  the  Grand  New  Era  Model 
City.  I  must  at  least  insist  on  Mr.  Bellamy  favoring  us 
with  a  few  words.  (Prolonged  applause.  Calls  for  Bel¬ 
lamy.  Mr.  Bellamy  rises  and  bows,  and  says:) 

“I  shall  address  you  as  my  dear  brothers  and  sis¬ 
ters,  as  I  notice  you  do  not  seem  to  be  offended  by  being 
so  addressed  by  Mrs.  Wallace  and  Miss  Willard.  This 
is  proof  to  me  that  this  contemplated  work  is  sure  to 
succeed.  It  is  starting  out  right;  it  is  recognizing  as 
the  fundamental  principle  that  we  are  all  brothers  and 
sisters,  all  children  of  one  Heavenly  Father,  who  is  a 
loving  Father,  and  who  wants  every  single  one  of  His 
children  to  enjoy  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  to  the 
greatest  extent  of  which  they  are  capable  of  receiving. 
Our  heavenly  father  is  so  loving  that  He  does  not  want 
any  of  nis  children  here  on  earth  to  be  poor  or  ignorant, 
or  miserable  or  unhappy.  He  wants  every  single  one  to 
be  rich  and  happy  and  prosperous  and  intelligent,  but 
ne  has  created  certain  laws  that  require  that  we  shall 
be  poor  and  miserable  and  ignorant  and  wretched  if  we 
do  not  strive  to  improve  ourselves  and  fellow  man;  or 
if  we  disobey  the  laws  of  ‘seek  and  ye  shall  find’  by  not 


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seeking;  ‘knock  and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you'  by 
not  knocking;  ‘according  to  your  faith  it  shall  be  done 
unto  you’  by  not  having  faith  in  all  things  being  pos¬ 
sible;  ‘faith  without  works  availeth  nothing'  by  not 
working;  and  most  important  of  all,  ‘in  union  there  is 
strength,’  ‘divided  we  fall,’  by  not  uniting  with  the 
best  organization  we  know  of.  Our  Heavenly  Father  al¬ 
lows  us  to  choose  each  day,  each  hour  and  each  minute 
whom  we  will  serve;  whether  we  will  serve  our  own 
selfish  desires  for  wealth  and  pleasure  that  lead  to 
bondage  and  disease,  or  whether  we  will  seek  to  serve 
our  fellow  man  according  to  the  laws  of  justice  and  re¬ 
ciprocity. 

“Of  course,  if  we  seek  to  serve  our  fellow  man,  and 
our  fellow  man  does  not  appreciate  nor  utilize  our  help, 
it  will  not  do  much  good.  That  is  proven  by  the  experi¬ 
ence  of  Mr.  Sutta.  Just  five  years  ago  this  month  he 
came  to  my  office  in  this  city  with  a  sketch  of  his  plans 
for  a  brotherhood  to  build  and  operate  a  Model  Cooper¬ 
ative  City.  I  looked  it  over  and  told  him  I  thought  it 
was  a  grand  scheme,  but  I  did  not  offer  to  contribute  one 
dollar  or  in  any  other  way  help  to  realize  it,  and  that  is 
the  last  time  I  have  seen  Mr.  Sutta  from  that  day  to  this. 
I  know  that  he  labored  faithfully  with  the  Nationalists 
and  other  organizations,  and  even  arranged  meetings 
and  mailed  invitations  to  every  clergyman  and  prominent 
philanthropist  and  reformer  in  this  city,  but  the  only  re¬ 
sult.  after  months  of  hard  work,  was  to  help  get  the 
Wendell  Phillips  Cooperative  Tailoring  Union  started  to 
help  the  victims  of  the  sweating  system,  and  then  he  be¬ 
came  discouraged  and  reckless  for  a  brief  time.  He  soon 
found  existence  unendurable,  however,  in  not  trying  to 
live  up  to  his  highest  light,  and  then  went  to  Philadelphia, 
where  he  worked  and  lived  in  the  slums  and  organized 
meetings,  at  which  he  spoke  to  over  twenty-five  thousand 
people,  trying  to  interest  them  in  a  movement  to  abolish 
the  slums  and  build  Model  Homes  for  the  poor.  He  then 
went  to  Washington,  New  York.  Chicago,  Denver  and 
other  places,  where  he  has  been  faithfully  pursuing  his 
earnest  search  for  those  who  mean  business  in  wanting 
to  help  attain  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  all. 
No  one  who  has  not  gone  through  the  same  experience 
can  realize  how  very  severe  and  discouraging  Mr.  Sutta’s 
trials  have  been.  T  know  it  is  unpleasant  to  Mr.  Fhitta 
to  refer  to  him  personally,  but  I  feel  that  if  this,  or  any 

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Plans  to  Realize  the  New  Era  Presented; 


other  important  work  to  attain  better  conditions  for  all 
mankind,  is  ever  to  succeed,  we  must  each  and  every  one 
of  us  be  willing  to  do  our  part,  instead  of  crucifying  those 
who  are  trying  to  do  the  best  they  can,  as  is  too  frequently 
the  case  at  present.  Now  that  we  have  such  wonderfully 
complete  and  desirable  plans  before  us  for  the  New  Era 
Union  and  Model  City*,  let  us  all  vie  with  each  other  in 
doing  all  in  our  power  to  realize  them.  I  know  that  you 
are  all  eager  to  hear  these  plans  that  Mr.  Sutta  has  pre¬ 
pared,  but  I  desire  to  say  with  all  my  soul  that  I  hope 
we  can  have,  as  Miss  Willard  says,  a  grand  jubilee  next 
July,  and  that  there  will  indeed  be  at  least  ten  million 
people  present,  insuring  a  grand  and  speedy  success  in 
realizing  all  that  the  highest  and  best  genius  can  conceive 
of.”  (Takes  seat  amid  prolonged  applause.) 

MISS  WILLARD.  We  are  also  favored  b}^  having 
with  us  some  of  the  most  prominent  and  grandest  work¬ 
ers  in  the  world,  who  are  engaged  in  actually  putting  into 
practice  in  their  daily  lives  all  these  grand  principles  we 
are  anxious  to  see  carried  out  on  a  large  scale  and  made 
available  for  all.  There  is  not  a  person  in  this  hall  but 
who  has,  by  hard  work  and  earnest,  noble  perseverance, 
won  their  title  to  honor  and  credit  in  this  grand  work  for 
humanity.  While,  of  course,  some  have  worked  harder 
than  others  and  deserve  more  credit,  still  we  have  not 
attempted  to  specially  select  any  as  more  worthy  or  de¬ 
serving  of  honor  than  others.  Our  party  on  the  platform 
is  simply  the  result  of  wanting  a  few  men  and  women 
from  abroad,  as  well  as  from  our  country,  who  would 
fairly  represent  our  desire  to  include  all  nations  and  lines 
of  work  and  thought  in  establishing  the  New  Era  Union 
and  building  the  Grand  New  Era  Model  City.  Those  who 
are  familiar  with  the  lives  and  earnest,  faithful  work  for 
humanity  of  Count  Lyopf  Tolstoi,  W.  T.  Stead,  Gen. 
Booth,  ex-Gov.  W  aite  and  Lady  Somerset,  will  rejoice 
with  us  that  they  have  favored  us  with  their  presence  on 
t  his  grand  and  important  occasion.  Wre  would  all  like 
very  much  to  hear  from  each  of  them  on  the  platform,  as 
well  as  many  of  those  who  are  in  the  audience,  who  are 
capable  of  giving  us  grand  and  inspiring  thoughts,  but 
as  the  object  of  the  meeting  is  to  hear  the  plans  that  Mr. 
Sutta  has  prepared,  we  will  not  delay  you  any  longer. 
Mr.  Sutta  will  only  present  a  brief  outline  of  his  plans 
to-day,  but  will  enter  more  into  detail  at  a  second  meet¬ 
ing  to  be  held  to-morrow  afternoon,  and  from  the  fact 


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that  this  hall  is  crowded  to  overflowing,  I  think  we  will 
have  to  select  a  larger  hall.  If  so,  it  will  be  announced 
in  the  morning  papers.  I  now  take  great  pleasure  in  pre¬ 
senting  to  you  Mr.  T.  A.  Sutta,  who  will  read  his  plans 
to  attain  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  human 
beings  on  a  basis  of  justice  and  reciprocity.  (Takes  seat. 
Mr.  Sutta  conies  forward  amid  great  and  prolonged  ap¬ 
plause.) 

SUTTA.  After  all  that  has  been  said,  my  dear 
brothers  and  sisters,  there  is  nothing  left  for  me  to  do 
but  to  proceed  at  once  to  submit  to  you  the  plans  for  the 
New  Era  Model  City  and  New  Era  Union.  I  will  first 
say,  however,  that  I  don’t  intend  to  claim  that  these 
plans  are  perfect.  I  have  not  tried  to  get  up  an  elaborate 
ideal  that  can  not  be  realized,  but  instead  have  endeav¬ 
ored  to  present  plans  that  are  practical  and  feasible,  and 
in  harmony  with  our  present  understanding  of  the  ways 
and  means  to  get  results.  There  is  nothing  final  or  arbi¬ 
trary  in  what  I  submit  or  suggest.  I  have  simply  tried 
to  prepare  plans  for  an  organization  to  unite  all  who  want 
to  attain  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  themselves 
and  their  fellow  man  according  to  the  laws  of  justice  and 
reciprocity.  The  different  degrees  and  divisions  of  the 
New  Era  Union,  especially  the  highest  degree  or  the 
General’s  division,  will  enable  the  best,  most  progressive 
and  humane  men  and  women  to  direct  and  control  the 
work  after  it  has  been  started.  I  have  only  tried  to  sug¬ 
gest  the  plan  to  begin  with,  and  think  we  can  be  safe  in 
trusting  those  who  will  join  the  New  Era  Union  and  ac¬ 
cept  the  different  positions  that  are  provided  for,  to  de¬ 
cide  the  details,  and  what  shall  be  done,  and  how  it  shall 
be  done,  to  insure  the  best  interests  of  all  concerned. 
(He  then  reads  as  follows:) 

THE  NEW  ERA  MODEL  CITY. 

• 

To  include  the  grandest  permanent  world’s  exposi¬ 
tion  and  emporium,  and  to  be  the  finest  and  most  com¬ 
plete  educational,  amusement,  industrial  and  residence 
Model  City  of  the  world.  The  building  and  operating  of 
this  New  Era  Model  City  to  be  by  far  the  most  stupen¬ 
dous  and  important  enterprise  ever  accomplished  on  this 
planet  by  human  beings.  The  New  Era  Model  City,  with 
its  grand,  beautiful  and  new  features,  attractions  and  ad¬ 
vantages,  will  be  the  central  object  and  wonder  of  the 
world  for  centuries  to  come.  It  will  be  the  most  com- 


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plete  centre  of  everything  magnificent,  delightful,  useful 
and  desirable  that  will  contribute  to  making  the  lives  of 
those  who  may  be  so  fortunate  as  to  secure  a  home  within 
its  limits  the  most  perfect,  prosperous  and  happy  that 
will  be  possible  here  on  earth. 

This  Grand  Model  City  to  include  the  most  wonder¬ 
ful  and  complete  permanent  world's  exposition  and  em¬ 
porium  that  the  mind  of  man  can  conceive  of,  showing  the 
best  productions  of  art,  science,  skill  and  learning  of  every 
kind,  with  all  the  attractions,  resources,  industries  and 
occupations  of  the  world,  under  the  most  perfect  condi¬ 
tions. 

The  emporium  will  become  the  centre  of  the  world 
for  the  display  and  sale  of  the  best  of  everything  that 
human  beings  will  produce  or  desire,  in  every  conceiv¬ 
able  department;  only  samples  being  exhibited  under  the 
most  perfect  system,  the  clerks  in  charge  telephoning  the 
order  to  the  store  houses,  where  subway  electric  railways, 
connecting  with  all  central  points  in  the  city,  will  rap¬ 
idly  deliver  goods  to  the  apartments,  residences,  hotel, 
depot  or  department  desired.  Every  department  of  art, 
science,  learning,  skilled  occupation,  and  desirable  and 
possible  industry,  will  be  in  actual  operation  under  the 
most  perfect  conditions,  with  the  highest  skilled  artists, 
professors,  teachers,  managers,  workmen  and  women, 
producing  the  most  perfect  specimens  of  every  conceiv¬ 
able  and  desirable  object  that  this  world  will  ever  attain 
to.  The  occupations  and  industries  will  be  carried  on  in 
model  factories  and  workrooms  under  the  most  perfect 
conditions  possible,  showing  the  highest  state  of  art,  skill, 
science  and  invention  in  every  department,  with  skilled 
teachers  to  instruct  those  who  desire  to  become  experts 
in  their  respective  vocations. 

With  the  most  advanced  and  complete  universities, 
libraries,  colleges  and  schools  of  every  department  of 
learning,  the  New  Era  Model  City  will  become  the  centre 
of  the  world  for  learning.  With  the  most  beautiful  and 
complete  opera  houses,  theatres,  club  houses,  concert 
halls,  athletic  parks  and  gymnasiums,  art  galleries,  hotels, 
apartments,  palaces,  mansions  and  model  homes  for  all. 

With  every  possible  and  desirable  provision  for  the 
best  and  most  worthy  and  intelligent  people  to  be  pro¬ 
vided  for,  the  New  Era  Model  City  will  inspire  and  at¬ 
tract  to  it,  with  a  power  that  can  not  be  resisted,  the 
best  and  most  progressive  people  from  all  the  world. 


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The  grandest  and  most  beautiful  churches,  temples 
and  halls  for  every  kind  of  religion  and  reform  of  the 
world  that  desire  to  be  represented;  with  their  most  able 
teachers,  speakers,  clergymen,  priests  and  rabbis,  will  be 
provided  for  under  the  most  favorable  conditions  possible 
for  all.  Extensive  and  most  beautiful  parks,  conserva¬ 
tories,  roof  and  surface  gardens,  lakes  and  basins  of  fresh 
water,  with  beautiful  fountains,  flowers,  statuary  and  de¬ 
lightful  public  concerts,  afternoons  and  evenings,  will  be 
provided  at  desirable  places. 

Smooth-paved  and  beautiful  boulevards,  with  sep¬ 
arate  spaces  for  promenade,  carriages  and  bicycles,  glass- 
covered  arcades,  connecting  all  public  buildings  and  elec¬ 
tric  railroads  for  rapid  transportation,  will  be  supplied. 

The  most  perfect  and  delightful  hotels,  apartments, 
palaces,  mansions  and  modern  residences  and  cottages, 
with  every  possible  modern  convenience  to  make  living 
in  them  an  inspiration  and  delight,  will  be  built  by  the 
company,  or  space  sold  to  those  who  will  build  under  the 
most  careful  restrictions  and  conditions,  that  will  insure 
their  contributing  to  the  pleasures  and  attractions  of  the 
New  Era  Model  City. 

This  grand  exposition,  emporium,  educational,  amuse¬ 
ment,  industrial  and  residence  Model  City  of  the  world 
will  be  promoted,  built  and  operated  by  the  New  Era 
Union,  a  carefully  planned  and  legally  incorporated  com¬ 
pany  that  will  provide  the  opportunity  and  necessary 
means  for  success  for  those  who  have  spent  years  of  hard 
work  and  study  in  planning  and  developing,  and  those 
who  will  assist  in  building  and  conducting  this  grand  en¬ 
terprise. 

Those  who  control  the  stock  will  appoint  a  board  of 
trustees  to  organize  and  assist  in  operating,  as  far  as  nec¬ 
essary  or  desired,  every  department  of  the  exposition, 
emporium,  industries,  institutions  of  learning,  amuse¬ 
ments  and  other  interests  of  the  Model  City  and  New  Era 
Union.  These  trustees  will  cooperate  with  those  who  are 
appointed  by  their  respective  departments,  to  secure  the 
best  results  for  all  concerned.  The  stockholders  of  the 
New  Era  Union  will  also  elect  a  board  of  twelve  general 
directors  and  a  supreme  trustee,  to  have  general  charge 
of  the  entire  interests  of  the  New  Era  Union  and  Model 
City,  assisted  by  the  captains,  majors  and  general  coun¬ 
cils,  composed  of  the  most  useful  members  of  the  New 
Era  Union. 


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The  capital  stock  of  the  New  Era  Union  will  be  $10,- 
000,000,  which  can  never  be  increased,  and  will  be  lim¬ 
ited  to  0  per  cent,  per  annum  as  interest  and  dividends 
on  same.  To  secure  further  means  to  erect  the  public 
buildings  and  improvements  until  the  income  from  resi¬ 
dence  sites  and  other  interests  of  the  New  Era  Union  will 
provide  sufficient  capital,  the  company  will  issue  general 
mortgage  bonds  to  the  amount  that  is  necessary.  These 
bonds  will  be  a  first  lien  on  all  land  and  other  assets  of 
the  New  Era  Union,  unless  a  special  bond  or  mortgage 
is  given  on  separate  interests  or  the  property  sold;  then 
arrangements  will  provide  for  releasing  same.  The  gen¬ 
eral  mortgage  bonds  will  be  payable  in  gold  or  its  legal 
equivalent  in  twenty-five  years,  but  may  be  paid  in  ten 
years,  or  the  first  day  of  January  any  year  thereafter, 
and  will  bear  6  per  cent,  annual  interest.  These  bonds  will 
be  redeemable  at  any  time  at  their  face  value  and  accrued 
interest  in  the  residence  sites  of  the  New  Era  Model  City 
that  are  offered  for  sale  at  their  current  cash  price. 

The  site  for  the  New  Model  City  will  be  at  least  ten 
miles  square,  and  will  be  planned  to  provide  palaces,  man¬ 
sions,  residences,  cottages  and  apartments  for  from  one 
to  five  million  people,  together  with  ample  provision  for 
public  buildings,  parks,  boulevards,  avenues,  factories, 
etc. 

The  New  Era  Union  will  invite  and  make  provision 
for  every  nation,  our  United  States  government,  every 
state  and  territory,  and  every  prominent  religion,  society, 
lodge,  institution,  and  other  large  bodies  of  people;  also, 
prominent  manufacturers  to  erect  and  maintain  perma¬ 
nent  representative  buildings  and  exhibits  in  the  New  Era 
Exposition  City. 

Great  care  and  consideration  will  be  given  to  the 
selection  of  the  most  desirable  location  for  the  New  Era 
Model  City,  where  climate,  resources  and  other  advant¬ 
ages  are  the  most  favorable.  Inducements  to  secure  its 
location  by  grants  of  land,  bonds,  cash,  exemption  from 
taxes,  etc.,  by  states,  counties  and  corporations,  will  be 
carefully  considered,  and  due  notice  given  when  the  de¬ 
cision  will  be  made  by  the  supreme  trustee. 

Tty  an  enthusiastic  response  and  putting  in  operation 
the  plans  of  organizing  the  different  divisions  of  the  New 
Era  Union,  promptly  and  without  unnecessary  delay,  it 
would  be  possible  to  be  sufficiently  organized  to  secure 
the  site  and  have  the  world-startling  and  enthusing  grand 


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jubilee  celebration  at  the  dedication  and  laying  of  the 
corner-stone  of  the  Administration  Capital,  in  the  centre 
of  the  city,  on  next  July  2,  3  and  4,  and  then  sufficient 
progress  be  made  in  building  the  city  to  justify  a  grand 
formal  opening,  July  4,  1900,  to  commemorate  the  begin¬ 
ning  of  the  new  century  and  the  close  of  the  old,  which 
has  been  by  far  the  most  important  in  the  history  of  the 
world,  especially  to  Americans.  To  successfully  carry 
out  the  plans  proposed  for  this  grand  jubilee  would  in¬ 
sure  at  least  one  million  people  being  present,  and  the  se¬ 
curing  from  .|5,000,000  to  $25,000,000  as  working  capital 
to  begin  the  erection  of  the  Model  City  with. 

BRIEF  OUTLINE  OF  THE  PROPOSED  PLAN  FOR  BUILDING 
THE  NEW  ERA  MODEL  CITY. 

A  level  tract  of  land,  ten  miles  square,  will  be  se¬ 
lected,  as  favorably  situated  as  possible.  (See  plan.) 
Commencing  in  the  exact  centre,  the  land  will  be  laid 
off  in  circles  of  different  widths  for  different  features 
and  departments,  one  after  the  other,  until  the  extreme 
limits  of  the  city  are  reached.  Each  circle  will,  as  soon 
as  possible,  be  completed,  for  its  entire  circumference, 
with  the  same  kind  of  buildings  or  improvements  orig- 
inallv  planned  tor  it;  but,  to  save  time  and  expense,  only 
one-half  of  the  Model  City  will  be  built  at  first,  no  money 
or  labor  being  expended  on  the  other  half,  outside  of  the 
Exposition  and  other  public  buildings  in  the  centre,  until 
the  first  half  is  fully  improved  and  occupied.  Radiating 
from  the  centre,  arcades  one  hundred  feet  wide  will  ex¬ 
tend  due  north,  south,  east  and  west,  to  the  limits  of  the 
city.  Also,  from  the  centre  to  the  extreme  corners  of 
the  city,  boulevards  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  wide, 
half  way  between  the  arcades,  will  extend  northwest! 
southeast,  northeast  and  southwest. 

As  the  distance  from  the  centre  increases,  additional 
avenues  will  be  provided  every  five  hundred  feet  apart, 
to  cross  the  different  boulevards,  avenues  and  streets  of 
the  different  circles.  The  arcades  and  boulevards  radi¬ 
ating  from  the  centre  will  be  lined  on  both  sides,  begin¬ 
ning  at  the  hotel  and  public  office  circle  to  the  Apprentice 
boulevard  circle,  a  distance  of  about  four  miles,  on  each 
of  the  eight  arcades  and  boulevards,  as  fast  as  needed, 
with  ten-story  apartment  buildings,  connected  continu¬ 
ously,  and  broken  only  on  the  ground  floor  or  first  story, 
with  arcades  over  the  different  circle  avenues  and  streets. 


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Underneath  these  apartment  buildings  their  entire  length, 
and  connecting  with  the  Grand  Exposition  and  Empor¬ 
ium  Buildings  in  the  center  of  the  city,  and  with  the  stor¬ 
age  warehouses  and  factories  on  the  outside  of  the  city, 
will  be  subways  to  contain  all  pipes  and  wires  for  the 
buildings  above;  also  an  electric  railway  to  convey  all 
supplies,  material,  freight,  refuse  in  sealed  packages, 
baggage,  etc.  The  roofs  of  the  apartment  buildings  will 
be  provided  with  a  delightful  promenade  and  bicycle 
boulevard  their  entire  length,  with  a  beautiful  roof  gar¬ 
den,  seats  for  lounging,  and  music  at  desirable  times. 
The  apartment  buildings  themselves  will  be  wonderfully 
complete  and  delightful,  with  all  the  finest  modern  im¬ 
provements,  with  grand  public  parlors,  libraries,  lecture 
and  class  rooms,  amusement  halls,  dining  rooms,  etc.,  at 
convenient  distances  apart. 

The  arcades  will  have  a  glass  roof  between  the  apart¬ 
ment  buildings,  one  hundred  feet  wide,  with  shades  to 
obscure  the  sun,  when  desired.  Through  tin*  arcades  and 
boulevards  their  entire  length,  in  the  centre,  will  be 
double-track  electric  railways,  affording  rapid  transporta¬ 
tion  to  all  parts  of  the  Model  City.  The  arcades  and 
boulevards  will  be  supplied  with  beautiful  fountains, 
statuary,  shrubs  and  flowers,  and  separate  spaces  for 
promenade,  bicycles  and  carriages. 

Outside  of  the  arcade  and  boulevard  apartment 
buildings,  their  entire  length,  will  be  a  beautiful  park, 
with  lawns,  trees,  fountains,  flowers,  etc.,  insuring  a 
most  delightful  and  inspiring  environment  for  those  liv¬ 
ing  in  these  apartments.  With  all  apartments  on  the 
outside  of  the  buildings;  that  is,  with  outside  rooms  to 
the  light  and  air,  with  delightful  view.  With  the  best 
elevators,  telephone,  electric  lights  and  heat,  and  all 
other  conveniences  to  relieve  tin*  occupants  of  the  or¬ 
dinary  cares  and  troubles  of  living,  as  far  as  possible. 
These  apartments  will  afford  the  most  delightful  homes 
of  the  kind  that  can  la*  found  in  the  world.  On  an 
average  of  one  person  to  every  two  rooms  in  these  apart¬ 
ments,  the  arcades  and  boulevards  radiating  from  tin* 
centre  of  the  city  would  accommodate  over  one  million 
people,  while  the  circle  boulevards  and  avenues  would 
accommodate  another  million  people  in  the  same  kind 
of  apartments,  and  still  leave  fifteen-sixteenths  of  tin* 
ten  miles  square  of  the  New  Era  Model  City  for  public 
buildings,  parks,  boulevards,  avenues,  streets,  palaces. 


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mansions,  residences,  cottages,  factories,  etc.,  so  that  a 
population  of  from  three  to  live  million  people  would 
readily  be  accommodated  in  this  Grand  Model  City  with¬ 
out  any  crowding  whatever.  l*y  the  system  of  trans¬ 
portation,  delivery  of  supplies,  etc.,  even  with  this  num¬ 
ber,  there  would  be  less  confusion  or  crowding  together 
than  a  city  of  one-tenth  the  size. 

THE  CIRCLES  WILL  BE  AS  FOLLOWS: 

In  the  exact  centre  of  the  city,  from  and  through 
which  radiate  the  four  glass-covered  arcades  and  four 
boulevards  extending  to  the  limits  of  the  city,  will  be 
the  grandest,  highest  and  most  beautiful  building  ever 
erected  in  the  world.  This  building  will  be  the  Admin¬ 
istration  Capitol  for  the  New  Era  Model  City  and  the 
New  Era  Union,  with  delightful  and  complete  offices  for 
all  the  executive  officers  of  all  departments  of  the  New 
Era  Union.  This  building  will  be  three  hundred  feet  in 
diameter,  three  hundred  or  more  feet  high,  and  have  the 
highest  tower  or  dome  of  any  building  in  the  world.  The 
ground  tioor  will  be  a  grand  central  exchange  depot  for 
all  the  electric  railways  radiating  to  all  parts  of  the 
city.  The  second  story  will  be  a  grand  Auditorium,  to 
hold  twenty -five  thousand  people,  for  important  public 
meetings,  and  for  the  use  of  the  Captains’  Council  of 
the  New  Era  Union.  The  next  floor  above  will  be  a  still 
more  beautiful  grand  Auditorium,  though  smaller,  for 
the  use  of  the  Majors’  Council  of  the  New  Era  Union, 
with  rooms  for  its  officers.  Above  this  will  be  the  grand 
and  magnificent  Generals’  Council  Hall,  and  apartments 
for  its  officers.  The  floor  above  for  the  Executive  Officers 
of  the  Recruits'  Division,  and  so  on  up,  a  floor  for  each 
division  of  the  New  Era  Union,  to  the  highest  or  Gen¬ 
erals’  Division.  Then  the  highest  floors  for  the  General 
Executive  Officers,  and  the  top  floor  for  the  Supreme 
Council  and  Supreme  Trustee. 

Circle  No.  2.  From  the  centre  of  the  city  will  be  a 
beautiful  park,  with  fountains,  statuary,  lawns  and  flow¬ 
ers,  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  wide,  entirely  surround¬ 
ing  the  Administration  Capitol,  which,  with  the  next 
four  circles,  will  afford  a  most  delightful  environment 
and  open  space  for  the  magnificent  Administration  Cap¬ 
itol.  All  circles  from  here  out  to  the  limits  of  the  city, 
of  course,  being  complete  circles  around  the  centre,  in- 


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creasing  in  circumference  as  the  distance  increases  from 
the  centre. 

Circle  No.  3.  Will  be  a  basin  of  fresh  water,  two 
hundred  feet  wide,  with  marble  margins,  small  wooded 
islands,  electric  fountains,  boats,  etc. 

Circle  No.  4.  Another  beautiful  park,  two  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  wide,  same  as  No.  2. 

Circle  No.  5.  Two  hundred  feet  wide,  the  most  beau¬ 
tiful  and  grand  conservatories  and  hot  houses  for  the 
rarest  and  clioicest:  flowers  and  fruits,  plants,  etc. 

Circle  No.  6.  Another  beautiful  park,  two  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  wide,  with  fountains,  statuary,  plants,  and 
a  glass  roof  over  the  entire  park,  connecting  the  Grand 
Exposition  Building  on  the  next  circle  with  the  conser¬ 
vatories  on  the  last.  In  this  delightful  glass-covered 
park,  large  conventions,  public  meetings,  concerts,  etc., 
can  be  held,  where  fifty  thousand  or  more  people  can 
meet  in  a  body  if  they  desire.  In  this  delightful  arcade 
park,  band  and  orchestral  music  will  be  provided  after¬ 
noons  and  evenings. 

Circle  No.  7.  Grand  Exposition  and  Emporium 
Building,  one  thousand  feet  wide,  by  far  the  largest  and 
most  wonderful  building  ever  built  in  the  world.  The 
first  or  ground  floor  will  be  fifteen  feet  below  and  five 
feet  above  the  surface,  with  open  spaces  in  the  floor 
above  every  fifty  feet,  affording  light  and  ventilation 
from  the  glass  roof  over  the  main  exposition  floor,  in 
sections.  The  ground  floor  will  be  for  heavy  machinery, 
including  printing  presses,  dynamos,  etc.,  with  the  coarse 
exhibits  and  industries,  with  the  electric  supply  cars 
passing  around  the  entire  circle  of  the  building  in  dif¬ 
ferent  sections,  and  connecting  with  the  subway  cars 
under  the  arcade,  boulevard  and  different  circle  depart¬ 
ment  buildings  throughout  the  city,  and  through  them  to 
the  factories,  store  houses  and  freight  depots  on  the  out¬ 
skirts  of  the  city,  so  that  very  few  horses  and  wagons 
will  be  necessary  for  the  transportation  of  freight,  ma¬ 
terial,  supplies,  refuse,  etc. 

The  main  or  second  floor,  five  feet  above  the  surface 
of  the  land  outside  and  twenty  feet  above  the  ground  or 
first  floor,  will  be  for  the  most  attractive  and  delightful 
Exposition  and  Emporium  that  can  be  conceived  of.  It 
will  be  divided  into  sections  and  departments,  and  with 
the  floor  below  for  the  heavy  and  bulky  goods,  showing 
samples  of  every  conceivable  article  produced  by  human 


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beings  that  is  useful  or  desirable.  Elevated  electric  cars 
will  pass  in  both  directions  through  the  different  sections 
around  the  entire  building  or  circle,  a  circumference 
of  from  ten  to  twelve  thousand  feet  or  an  average  of  over 
two  miles.  They  will  connect  with  the  cars  on  the  ra¬ 
diating  arcades  that  pass  through  this  Grand  Exposition 
and  Emporium  Building,  thus  enabling  the  people  to 
stop  at  any  department  they  desire,  without  any  tire¬ 
some  walk  being  necessary.  The  ceiling  of  the  main 
floor  will  be  thirty  feet  high,  with  a  glass  roof,  in  sections 
two  hundred  feet  wide,  between  the  five  higher  stories, 
fifty  feet  wide  on  the  outside  and  inside  circle  of  this 
great  building,  and  each  two  hundred  feet  between. 

These  open  spaces,  two  hundred  feet  wide,  between 
the  five  upper  stories  will  afford  ample  light  and  air  to 
the  main  Exposition  and  Emporium  floor  and  to  all  parts 
of  this,  the  grandest  and  most  stupendous  building  in 
the  world,  covering  over  ten  million  square  feet  of 
ground,  and  about  thirty-five  million  feet  of  floor  space, 
and  seven  stories  high,  or  about  one  hundred  and  thirty 
feet  high. 

There  will  be  a  promenade  and  garden  on  the  out¬ 
side  and  inside  circle  of  the  roof  of  this  grand  building, 
affording  a  delightful  view  of  the  many  grand  features 
of  the  New  Era  Model  City. 

On  the  floors  above  the  main  Exposition  and  Em¬ 
porium  floor,  light  industries,  representing  as  many  de¬ 
partments  of  art,  science  and  skilled  labor  as  possible, 
will  be  carried  on,  where  women  and  girls  who  are  old 
enough  will  be  mainly  employed.  The  men  and  boys  will 
be  employed  on  the  first  or  ground  floor  at  various  in¬ 
dustries,  and  in  the  factories  and  work  rooms  outside  of 
the  residence  circles  of  the  city.  All  of  the  best  inven¬ 
tions  and  improvements  will  be  utilized  in  every  possible 
way,  making  this  Grand  Exposition  and  Emporium  the 
centre  of  attraction  and  wonder  of  the  world  for  cen¬ 
turies  to  come. 

The  Emporium  Department  will  include  everything 
possible  produced  and  desired  by  human  beings,  includ¬ 
ing  food  products  and  all  kinds  of  staple  supplies  that 
will  be  represented  by  sample  only,  orders  being  taken 
by  the  clerks  in  charge  and  telephoned  to  the  storehouses 
in  the  outskirts  of  the  city,  from  which  they  will  be  rap¬ 
idly  delivered  at  regular  times  during  the  day,  through 
the  subway  electric  railways,  to  any  place  desired. 


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Each  division  of  the  city,  where  needed,  will  also 
contain  a  small  but  complete  emporium  for  staple  ar¬ 
ticles  needed  frequently  by  the  residents  in  the  neighbor¬ 
hood,  and  connected  by  telephone  with  each  house,  thus 
doing  away  with  all  oilier  stores,  and  saving  the  enor¬ 
mous  waste  of  time  and  labor  and  capital  under  the  pres¬ 
ent  competitive,  haphazard  methods  of  selecting  and  dis¬ 
tributing  supplies. 

Circle  No.  8.  Railroad  boulevard,  one  hundred  feet 
wide;  traffic  driveway,  with  surface  steam  railroad  track 
connecting,  through  one  of  the  boulevards,  with  the 
steam  railroads  outside  of  the  city,  to  enable  heavy  ar¬ 
ticles  for  the  Exposition  and  Emporium,  building  ma¬ 
terial,  and  private  and  excursion  cars,  to  enter  the  city 
without  transfer. 

Circle  No.  9.  Amusement  park,  two  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  wide,  in  which  will  be  erected  and  maintained 
the  grandest  and  most  beautiful  opera  houses,  club 
houses,  theatres,  concert  halls  and  other  places  of  amuse¬ 
ment  in  the  world. 

Circle  No.  10.  Amusement  boulevard,  with  space 
for  carriages,  bicycles,  and  promenade,  one  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  wide,  with  the  elevated  electric  railroads  and 
glass-covered  arcades  connected  with  these  radiating 
from  the  centre,  affording  shelter  from  storm  and  heat  in 
going  to  and  from  public  buildings  and  homes. 

Circle  No.  11.  Artists'  park,  two  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  wide,  with  the  finest  art  galleries,  museums,  libra¬ 
ries,  gymnasiums,  bath  palaces  and  select  hotels  in  the 
world,  connected  with  glass-covered  arcades,  as  are  all 
the  other  public  buildings  in  the  centre  of  the  city. 

Circle  No.  1  '2.  Traffic  driveway  for  supplies,  be¬ 
tween  the  public  buildings  in  the  two  adjoining  parks, 
twenty-five  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  19.  National  park,  two  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  wide,  in  which  will  be  erected  and  maintained  grand 
and  beautiful  buildings,  representing  every  nation,  the 
United  States  government,  states  and  territories,  that 
desire  to  be  represented  in  the  World’s  Model  Exposition 
City. 

Circle  No.  14.  National  boulevard,  one  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  wide,  the  same  as  No.  10.  with  electric  railroad, 
etc. 

Circle  No.  15.  Exposition  park,  two  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  wide,  for  representative  buildings,  tin*  same  as 


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No.  13,  with  buildings  for  special  purposes,  and  large 
manufacturing  exhibits. 

Circle  No.  Hi.  Traffic  driveway,  twenty-five  feet 
wide. 

<  ircle  No.  17.  1  Diversity  park,  two  hundred  and 

fifty  feet  an  ide,  for  the  most  complete  and  modern  uni¬ 
versities,  colleges  and  schools  of  the  world,  representing 
every  department  of  art,  science,  music,  mechanical 
training  and  all  other  branches  of  learning. 

Circle  No.  18.  University  boulevard,  one  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  Nvide,  with  electric  railroad,  arcade,  etc. 

Circle  No.  10.  College  park,  two  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  wide,  the  same  as  No.  17,  also  with  model  apartment 
for  students. 

Circle  No.  20.  Traffic  driveway,  twenty-five  feet 
wide. 

Circle  No.  21.  Fraternal  park,  two  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  wide,  for  grand  and  beautiful  temples  and  halls  for 
every  prominent  lodge,  society,  order  and  union  of  the 
world  that  desires  to  be  represented  in  the  World's  Ex¬ 
position  and  Model  City. 

(  ircle  No.  22.  Temple  boulevard,  one  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  wide,  with  electric  railway,  arcade,  etc. 

Circle  No.  23.  Temple  park,  two  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  wide,  for  the  finest  and  most  beautiful  churches, 
temples  and  halls  for  every  religious  and  spiritual  belief 
in  the  world  that  desires  to  be  represented. 

Circle  No.  24.  Promenade  boulevard  No.  1.  fifty  feet 
wide,  next  to  the  basin  of  fresh  water  on  the  next  circle, 
with  shade  trees  and  seats  along  the  margin  of  the 
water. 

(  ircle  No.  25.  Basin  of  fresh  water,  three  hundred 
feet  wide.  and  the  circumference  is  now  over  six  miles, 
with  islands  covered  with  shade  trees,  shrubbery,  ferns 
and  flowers,  and  shaded  arbors  affording  delightful  and 
secluded  nooks  for  students  and  others,  who  desire  to 
be  alone  with  the  beauties  of  nature,  even  while  in  the 
midst  of  the  World’s  Exposition  and  Model  City.  Here 
will  be  gondolas,  sail,  row  and  motor  boats,  and  a  large 
supply  and  variety  of  fresh  water  fish  for  those  who  de¬ 
sire  to  catch  them.  With  brilliant  electric  lights  and 
music  in  the  evenings,  marble  margins  and  the  delight¬ 
ful  wooded  islands  and  electric  fountains  and  every  other 
possible  attraction,  this  beautiful  basin  of  fresh  water  in 


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the  midst  of  such  magnificent  surroundings  will  be  one 
of  the  chief  delights  of  the  New  Era  Model  City. 

Circle  No.  26.  Promenade  boulevard  No.  2.  fifty  feet 
wide,  with  trees  and  seats  along  the  water. 

Circle  No.  27.  Carriage  boulevard,  fifty  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  28.  Bicycle  boulevard,  fifty  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  29.  The  most  beautiful  arcade  park  that 
can  be  conceived  of,  one  hundred  feet  wide,  all  under  and 
enclosed  with  glass  extending  from  the  ten-story  model 
hotels  and  office  buildings  on  the  next  circles  to  the 
boulevards  on  the  last,  with  fountains,  statuary  and 
flowers.  With  shades  under  the  glass  roofs  and  side  to 
be  unrolled  when  the  sun  is  too  warm  in  the  day  time 
and  with  brilliant  electric  lights  in  the  evening.  This 
delightful  arcade  park  will  be  a  desirable  place  to  meet 
friends  and  enjoy  social  chats,  or  listen  to  the  fine  music 
that  will  be  provided  afternoons  and  evenings.  Here  also 
will  be  held  large  conventions  and  other  meetings,  and 
on  special  occasions,  balls,  banquets,  dinners  and  sup¬ 
pers  for  large  parties,  the  food  being  supplied  from  the 
adjoining  hotels. 

Circle  No.  80.  The  finest  and  most  complete  hotels 
and  office  buildings  in  the  world,  ten  stories  high  and 
two  hundred  feet  wide,  with  all  the  best  modern  improve¬ 
ments.  Under  the  buildings  around  the  entire  circle 
of  about  six  and  one-half  miles  will  be  the  subway  for 
all  pipes,  and  an  electric  supply  railway  for  transporting 
supplies,  baggage,  material,  refuse  in  sealed  packages, 
etc.,  connecting  with  the  cross  subways  along  the  arcade 
boulevards  and  through  them  to  the  emporium  in  the 
centre  of  the  city  and  warehouses,  factories  and  depots, 
on  the  outskirts.  In  the  office  buildings  in  this  circle, 
doctors,  lawyers,  dentists  and  other  professional  and 
commercial  people  will  be  provided  for.  Here  also  will 
be  the  general  offices  of  every  industry,  enterprise  and 
all  other  departments  of  the  New  Era  Union,  the  execu¬ 
tive  offices  being  in  the  Administration  capitol. 

Circle  No.  81.  An  avenue,  one  hundred  feet  wide, 
for  traffic  and  carriages,  and  double-track  electric  rail¬ 
way  connecting  with  all  cross  avenues  and  boulevards. 

Circle  No.  82.  One  hundred  and  fifty  feet  wide  for 
more  hotels  and  office  buildings  when  needed.  Other 
public  buildings,  places  of  amusement,  lecture  halls,  fine 
bath  houses,  etc.,  will  here  be  provided  for. 

Circle  No.  83.  Avenue  fifty  feet  wide. 


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Circle  No.  34.  First  Generals’  circle,  three  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  wide,  divided  into  generals’  estates  four 
hundred  feet  front  on  the  grand  Generals’  boulevard  on 
the  next  circle.  Here  the  members  of  the  Generals’  De¬ 
gree  of  the  New  Era  Union  will  have  their  palaces. 
Every  general’s  estate  will  cost  $250,000,  and  the  pur¬ 
chaser  to  hold  it  must  begin  the  erection  within  one  year 
of  a  general’s  palace,  to  cost  at  least  $500,000,  and  to  be 
as  beautiful  and  complete  as  possible.  As  the  General’s 
Degree  members  will  have  the  highest  authority  and  re¬ 
sponsibility,  requiring  them  to  know  and  understand  the 
representative  people  from  the  different  departments  of 
the  New  Era  Union,  they  will  be  expected  to  give  grand 
reception  entertainments,  balls  and  banquets  for  that 
purpose  from  time  to  time,  so  that  it  will  become  the 
chief  delight  and  ambition  of  the  members  of  the  New 
Era  Union  to  be  invited  to  the  palaces  of  the  General’s 
Degree  members.  One  of  the  sections  of  the  first  Gen¬ 
erals’  circle,  between  an  arcade  and  boulevard  which  will 
be  about  two  thousand  feet  front  on  the  Generals’  boule¬ 
vard,  will  be  reserved  for  a  grand  Administration  castle, 
to  cost  $5,000,000  or  more,  and  to  be  the  most  delightful, 
wonderful,  beautiful  and  complete  building  of  the  kind 
in  the  world  when  the  New  Era  Union  can  afford  to 
build  it.  Here  the  supreme  trustee  and  supreme  council 
will  live  and  entertain  the  executive  officers  of  the  New 
Era  Union,  and  the  General’s,  Major’s  and  Captain's  De¬ 
gree  members  in  good  standing,  on  properly  appointed 
occasions. 

Circle  No.  35.  Generals’  boulevard,  two  hundred 
feet  wide,  to  be  with  the  other.  No.  38,  the  finest  and 
most  beautiful  boulevard  in  the  world,  with  separate 
space  for  promenade,  bicycles  and  carriages,  and  with 
statuary,  fountains,  trees,  plants,  brilliant  electric  lights, 
and  every  other  desirable  attraction  to  make  them  an 
inspiration  and  delight. 

Circle  No.  36.  Second  Generals’  circle,  three  hun¬ 
dred  and  fifty  feet  wide,  same  as  No.  34,  for  generals’ 
palaces. 

Circle  No.  37.  Third  Generals’  circle,  same  as  the 
other  two.  These  three  Generals’  circles  will  afford 
generals’  estates  four  hundred  feet  front  on  the  Gen¬ 
erals’  boulevards  for  only  about  two  hundred  generals’ 
palaces,  besides  the  grand  Administration  capitol.  As 
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to  secure  such  grand  and  delightful  environments  as  will 
be  provided  in  this  grand  Exposition  and  Model  City  of 
the  world,  and  especially  in  these  sublime  Generals’ 
circles,  the  wealthiest  and  most  progressive  people  in  the 
United  States  will  eagerly  secure  these  generals’  estates 
and  erect  thereon  their  palaces  and  establish  a  society 
that  will  be  an  example  for  all  the  world  to  follow  by 
using  their  wealth  and  ability  to  help  all  mankind  to  at¬ 
tain  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  on  a  basis  of  jus¬ 
tice  and  reciprocity. 

Circle  No.  38.  Second  Generals’  boulevard,  two  hun¬ 
dred  feet  wide,  the  same  as  the  first. 

Circle  No.  39.  Generals’  park,  three  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  wide,  for  the  churches,  schools,  club  houses, 
emporiums  and  other  public  buildings  for  the  General’s 
Degree  members  of  the  New  Era  Model  City. 

Circle  No.  40.  Generals’  apartment  building,  two 
hundred  feet  wide  and  four  stories  high,  with  roof  gar¬ 
dens  and  most  beautiful  and  complete  in  every  way. 
They  will  be  used  by  General’s  Degree  members  who 
can  not  afford  to,  or  were  not  in  time  to  secure  estates 
for  generals’  palaces.  Under  these  apartments  (as  they 
will  be  continuous  in  the  course  of  time,  except  for  cross¬ 
arcades  and  boulevards)  will  be  the  subway  electric 
railways  for  supplies,  etc. 

Circle  No.  41.  First  Majors’  boulevard,  one  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  wide,  with  electric  railways  connecting  with 
the  cross  arcades  and  boulevards  to  all  parts  of  the  city, 
and  a  space  for  carriages,  bicycles  and  promenade. 

Circle  No.  42.  First  Majors’  circle,  two  hundred  feet 
wide,  for  majors’  estates,  one  hundred  and  fifty  by  two 
hundred  feet,  for  Major’s  Degree  members,  which  will 
cost  $50,000,  and  the  mansions  to  be  erected  thereon 
nmst  cost  at  least  $100,000,  and  be  as  beautiful  as  pos¬ 
sible.  Then  follows  live  more  Majors’  circles  for  Major’s 
Degree  members’  mansions;  also  three  more  Majors’ 
boulevards. 

Circle  No.  51.  Majors’  park,  three  hundred  feet 
wide,  for  churches,  schools,  club  houses,  places  of  amuse¬ 
ment,  emporiums  and  other  public  buildings  for  Major’s 
Degree  members. 

Circle  No.  52.  Majors'  apartment  building,  one  hun¬ 
dred  and  fifty  feet  wide,  six  stories  high,  with  roof  gar¬ 
dens  complete  in  every  way,  with  subway  electric  rail- 


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ways  for  supplies.  These  apartments  are  for  Major’s 
Degree  members  who  do  not  build  mansions. 

Circle  No.  53.  First  Major  avenue,  one  hundred  feet 
wide,  with  double  electric  railway  connecting  with  all 
others.  Also  to  be  a  beautiful  avenue,  as  all  the  other 
streets  and  avenues  of  the  Model  City  will  be,  far  more 
attractive  and  delightful,  smooth  and  clean,  than  any  of 
our  streets  and  avenues  in  our  present  cities. 

Circle  No.  54.  First  Captains’  circle,  one  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  wide,  divided  into  residence  sites  fifty  feet 
front,  costing  $10,000  each,  for  Captain’s  Degree  mem¬ 
bers  who  build  residences  to  cost  this  amount  or  more. 

Circle  No.  55.  Traffic  way  fifteen  feet  wide  for  sup¬ 
plies.  Then  follows  five  more  Captains’  circles,  three 
more  Captains’  avenues  and  two  more  traffic  ways. 

Circle  No.  60.  Captains’  park,  two  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  wide,  for  churches,  schools,  club  houses,  theatres, 
emporiums  and  other  public  buildings  for  Captain’s  De¬ 
gree  members. 

Circle  No.  07.  Captains’  apartment  buildings,  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  wide,  eight  stories  high, 
complete  and  modern,  with  roof  gardens  and  subway 
electric  railways. 

Circle  No.  68.  Captains’  avenue,  one  hundred  feet 
wide,  with  double  electric  railway. 

Circle  No.  69.  Captains’  apartment  buildings,  same 
as  No.  67,  when  needed.  Then  follows  seven  more  Cap¬ 
tains’  circles,  four  more  Captains’  avenues  and  three 
more  traffic  ways  in  the  captains’  division  of  the  Model 
City. 

Circle  No.  84.  Traffic  way  twenty-five  feet  wide  be¬ 
tween  the  captains’  and  lieutenants’  divisions  of  the 
New  Era  Model  City. 

Circle  No.  85.  First  Lieutenants’  circle,  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  feet  wide,  divided  into  lieutenants’  resi¬ 
dence  lots  thirty  feet  front,  that  will  cost  $5,000  each, 
for  Lieutenant’s  Degree  members,  who  will  erect  a  resi¬ 
dence  to  cost  $5,000  or  more.  Then  follows  eight  more 
Lieutenants’  circles,  five  avenues  and  four  traffic  ways 
between  circles. 

Circle  No.  103.  Lieutenants’  park,  two  hundred  feet 
wide,  for  churches,  schools,  places  of  amusement,  club 
houses,  emporiums  and  office  buildings  for  Lieutenant’s 
Degree  members. 

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Circle  No.  104.  Lieutenants’  apartments,  one  hun¬ 
dred  feet  wide,  ten  stories  high,  with  roof  gardens,  sub¬ 
way  electric  railway,  etc. 

Circle  No.  105.  Sixth  Lieutenants’  avenue,  seventy- 
five  feet  wide,  with  electric  railway  in  both  directions. 

Circle  No.  106.  Lieutenants’  apartment  buildings, 
when  needed.  Then  follows  eleven  more  Lieutenants’ 
circles,  six  more  Lieutenants’  avenues  and  five  traffic 
driveways. 

Circle  No.  129.  Traffic  way,  one  hundred  and  twen¬ 
ty-five  feet  wide,  between  the  lieutenants’  and  sergeants’ 
division  of  the  Model  City. 

Circle  No.  130.  First  Sergeants’  circle,  one  hundred 
feet  wide,  divided  into  lots  twenty-five  feet  front,  to  cost 
$2,500  each,  for  Sergeant’s  Degree  members  to  build  cot¬ 
tages,  to  cost  that  amount  or  more.  Then  follows  nine 
more  sergeants’  circles,  six  sergents’  streets,  sixty  feet 
wide,  and  four  traffic  ways,  ten  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  150.  Sergeants’  park,  one  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  wide,  for  churches,  schools,  places  of  amuse¬ 
ment,  club  houses,  emporiums  and  office  buildings  for 
Sergeant’s  Degree  members. 

Circle  No.  151.  Sergeants’  apartment  buildings,  one 
hundred  feet  wide,  ten  stories  high,  with  roof  gardens, 
subway  electric  railways,  etc. 

Circle  No.  152.  Sergeants’  avenue,  seventy-five  feet 
wide,  for  electric  railway  in  both  directions. 

Circle  No.  153.  Sergeants’  apartment  buildings, 
when  needed.  Then  follows  eleven  sergeants’  circles,  six 
Sergeants’  streets  and  five  traffic  ways. 

Circle  No.  176.  Traffic  way,  twenty-five  feet  wide, 
between  sergeants’  and  privates’  divisions  of  the  Model 
City. 

Circle  No.  177.  First  Private’s  Degree  circle,  one 
hundred  feet  wide,  divided  into  lots  twenty  feet  front, 
to  cost  $1,500,  for  Private’s  Degree  members  who  build 
cottages  to  cost  that  amount  or  more.  Then  follows 
eight  more  privates’  circles,  five  privates’  streets,  fifty 
feet  wide,  and  four  traffic  ways,  ten  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  395.  Privates’  apartment  buildings,  one 
hundred  feet  wide,  ten  stories  high,  to  be  built  after  Nos. 
198  and  200  are  fully  occupied. 

Circle  No.  196.  Seventh  Privates’  street,  fifty  feet 
wide. 


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Circle  No.  197.  Privates’  park,  one  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  wide,  for  churches,  schools,  places  of  amusement, 
club  houses,  offices,  emporiums,  etc.,  for  Privates’  De¬ 
gree  members. 

Circle  No.  198.  Privates’  apartment  building,  one 
hundred  feet  wide,  ten  stories  high,  with  roof  gardens, 
subway  electric  railways,  etc. 

Circle  No.  199.  Privates’  avenue,  seventy-five  feet 
wide,  with  electric  railways  in  both  directions. 

Circle  No.  200.  Privates’  apartment  building,  same 
as  No.  198,  to  be  built  when  this  is  occupied.  Then 
follows  nine  more  privates’  circles,  five  more  privates’ 
streets,  and  four  traffic  ways,  ten  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  219.  Traffic  way,  twenty-five  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  220.  Privates’  apartment  buildings,  one 
hundred  feet  wide  and  ten  stories  high,  with  roof  gar¬ 
dens,  subway  electric  railway,  etc. 

Circle  No.  221.  Privates’  boulevard,  one  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  wide,  with  electric  railway  in  both  direc¬ 
tions,  separate  space  for  carriages,  bicycles  and  prome- 
enade. 

Circle  No.  222.  Factory  park,  gardens,  etc.,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  223.  Factory  building  circle,  one  hun¬ 
dred  feet  wide,  for  all  kinds  of  industries  in  model  fac¬ 
tories  and  workrooms,  connected  together  to  economize 
space,  power  and  time  of  operatives.  This  circle  will 
have  a  circumference  of  about  twenty-nine  miles,  afford¬ 
ing  space  for  factories  of  every  kind  that  can  be  con¬ 
ceived  or  desired.  Under  this  factory  circle  will  be 
a  subway  for  all  pipes,  wires,  electric  railway  for  trans¬ 
porting  all  supplies  and  productions  to  and  from  dif¬ 
ferent  factories,  and  to  the  railroad  depots,  warehouses, 
apartment  buildings,  local  emporiums,  and  the  Grand 
Central  Exposition  and  Emporium  in  the  center  of  the 
city.  Through  the  first  story  of  these  factory  circle 
buildings,  when  enough  are  built  to  justify  it,  an  elevated 
double-track  electric  railway  will  be  provided  to  enable 
spectators  to  enjoy  a  general  view  of  the  inside  of  the 
factories.  Also  for  the  convenience  of  the  operatives  in 
going  back  and  forth  to  their  work.  These  factory  build¬ 
ings  being  only  one  hundred  feet  wide,  with  delightful 
parks,  gardens  and  trees  on  both  sides,  with  everything 
kept  clean  and  orderly,  finely  finished  and  supplied  with 
all  modern  appliances  and  conveniences,  so  that  those 


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working  in  them  will  indeed  find  it  a  pleasure  to  be  use¬ 
ful  producers  and  workers  instead  of  consumers  only 
and  drones. 

Circle  No.  224.  Storage  and  Railway  park,  two  hun¬ 
dred  feet  wide,  with  steam  railroad  tracks  and  storage 
houses,  yards  for  supplies  and  products  of  the  factories. 

Circle  No.  225.  First  Recruits’  street,  fifty  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  226.  Recruits’  apartment  buildings,  one 
hundred  feet  wide  and  six  stories  high,  with  roof  gardens 
and  other  conveniences,  for  those  who  perform  crude, 
coarse  and  common  kinds  of  work,  or  are  only  learning, 
or  have  been  taken  on  probation  or  trial.  Their  pay  will 
only  be  two  dollars  per  day  for  eight  hours’  work,  but  the 
accommodations  and  advantages  they  can  secure  in  ex¬ 
change  for  their  two  dollars  will  far  exceed  what  expert 
mechanics  now  earning  three  dollars  can  secure.  Every 
inducement  and  opportunity  will  be  provided  for  recruits 
to  progress  and  be  admitted  into  the  higher  degrees  as 
soon  as  worthy  or  needed,  according  to  the  laws  of  the 
civil  service  department. 

Circle  No.  227.  Second  Recruits’  street,  fifty  feet 
wide. 

Circle  No.  228.  Recruits’  park,  one  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  wide,  for  the  churches,  schools,  places  of  amusement, 
clubs,  emporiums  and  office  buildings  for  recruits. 

Circle  No.  220.  Recruits’  apartment  buildings,  one 
hundred  feet  wide,  six  stories  high,  with  roof  gardens,  etc. 

Circle  No.  230.  Recruits’  avenue,  seventy -five  feet 
wide,  with  double  track  electric  railway. 

Circle  No.  231.  Recruits’  apartment  buildings,  when 
the  others  are  all  occupied. 

Circle  No.  232.  Third  Recruits’  street,  fifty  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  233.  First  Recruits’  avenue,  one  hundred 
feet  wide,  divided  into  lots  twenty  feet  front,  to  cost  $500 
each,  on  which  cottages,  to  cost  same  amount  or  more, 
will  be  erected  for  recruits  who  are  members  of  11h*  New 
Era  Union. 

Circle  No.  234.  Traffic  way,  ten  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  235.  One  hundred  feet  wide,  same  as  No. 
233,  for  recruits’  cottages. 

Circle  No.  236.  Gardeners’  street,  fifty  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  237.  Gardens,  orchards,  hothouses  and 
poultry  farms,  five  hundred  feet  wide,  the  circumference 
being  about  thirty  miles  and  containing  about  eighteen 
hundred  acres.  TTere  fruit,  vegetables,  poultry  and  eggs 


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will  be  produced  for  the  residents  of  the  Model  City  in 
the  most  effectual  and  systematic  methods  possible. 

Circle  No.  238.  Farm  drive,  fifty  feet  wide. 

Circle  No.  239.  Stock  farms  and  milk  ranches  on  to 
t lie  limits  of  the  city,  which  will  amount  to  about  five 
thousand  acres,  and  still  leave  space  in  the  corners  for 
large  public  parks,  railroad  plants,  large  factories,  power 
plants  and  public  buildings  not  desired  inside  the  city. 

In  the  northeast  corner  of  the  New  Era  Model  City 
will  be  an  immense  railroad  plant,  with  a  grand  depot, 
for  the  transfer  of  passengers  from  the  electric  railway 
system  of  the  New  Era  Model  City  to  the  steam  railroads 
outside.  Also,  with  freight  tracks,  warehouses,  railroad 
shops,  car  houses,  power  plants,  large  factories  and  mills, 
lumber  yards,  etc. 

In  the  northwest  corner  will  be  a  grand  public  park 
of  about  fifteen  hundred  acres,  with  a  large  lake  for  boat¬ 
ing  and  fishing,  tracks  for  all  kinds  of  races  and  games, 
immense  pleasure  pavilions  for  amusements  of  all  kinds, 
immense  auditoriums  for  large  gatherings,  hotels  and 
apartment  buildings  for  those  who  wish  to  live  outside  of 
the  city,  and  in  every  other  possible  way  this  grand  park 
will  be  the  most  delightful  and  attractive  in  the  world. 

In  the  extreme  southeast  corner  of  the  city  will  be 
the  cemetery  and  crematory  for  the  Model  City’,  and  in 
the  southwest  corner  will  be  complete  and  perfect  hospit¬ 
als,  asylums,  jails  and  other  public  buildings. 

In  each  residence  division  of  the  New  Era  Model  City 
a  number  of  blocks  will  be  arranged  for  those  who  want 
homes  on  the  Coleman  Stuckert  Model  Home  Plan — the 
plans  of  Mrs.  Coleman  Stuckert,  that  aroused  so  much  in¬ 
terest  at  the  World’s  fair,  at  Chicago,  which  provide  for  a 
central  cooperative  building  in  the  centre  of  each  block 
of  houses,  in  which  is  provided  an  electric  light  and  heat¬ 
ing  plant  to  light  and  heat  all  the  houses  in  the  block.  In 
this  central  cooperative  building  all  of  the  laundry  work 
is  performed  for  tin1  entire  block,  and  with  a  complete 
cold  storage  plant  to  preserve  food  in  quantities,  and  the 
most  complete  facilities  for  expert  cooking,  all  meals  will 
be  prepared  for  those  who  desire  same,  to  be  delivered  in 
heated  hampers  by  rapid  electric  conduits  to  each  dining 
room  in  the  private  homes,  or  the  public  dining  room  in 
the  central  building.  This  central  building  lias  many 
other  advantages,  such  as  providing  comfortable  homes 
for  the  servants  or  skilled  help;  also,  with  billiard  and 


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game  rooms  for  adults,  class  and  play  rooms  for  children, 
and  a  fine  hall  on  the  second  floor  for  lectures,  concerts, 
dances,  amateur  theatrical  plays  and  other  purposes  for 
the  residents  of  the  block. 

By  Mrs.  Coleman  Stuckert’s  plan  the  advantages  and 
comforts  of  each  family  are  greatly  increased,  while  the 
labor  and  expense  for  living  are  greatly  reduced  from  the 
present  plan,  where  each  family  must  have  its  own  serv¬ 
ants,  do  their  own  heating,  cooking,  washing,  etc.,  and 
then  not  have  either  done  nearly  as  well  as  the  skilled 
help  by  Mrs.  Stuckert’s  plan  will  perform  it.  Every  other 
possible  improvement  and  desirable  attraction  will  be 
provided,  with  telephones  in  every  house,  and  all  heating, 
lighting  and  cooking  to  be  done  by  electricity,  doing  away 
with  any  necessity  for  furnaces,  tires,  steam,  fuel,  and 
other  wasteful  and  unpleasant  things  now  considered  so 
necessary. 

With  the  above  system  the  New  Era  Model  City  will 
be  a  constant  delight  to  its  residents  and  visitors,  and  an 
example  to  the  world  for  centuries  to  come,  so  that  in 
time  all  the  progressive  and  ambitious  people  in  the 
world  will  be  living  in  Model  Cities,  Towns  and  Villages, 
and  the  present  cities  and  towns  will  be  abandoned  as 
useless  and  worthless.  By  the  above  plans  for  the  apart¬ 
ments  and  private  homes,  the  New  Era  Model  City  will 
accommodate  five  million  people  in  comfort  on  ten  square 
miles,  with  all  the  public  conveniences  provided  for,  and 
without  crowding  or  inconvenience.  But  provision  will 
only  be  made  at  first  for  the  following  number: 


General’s  Degree  members  and  their  families.  .  .  1,00ft 

Major’s  Degree  members  and  their  families .  10,000 

Captain’s  Degree  members  and  their  families. . .  100,000 
Lieutenant’s  Degree  members  and  their  families  150,000 
Sergeant’s  Degree  members  and  their  families.  .  200,000 
Private’s  Degree  members  and  their  families.  . .  250,000 
Recruit’s  Degree  members  and  their  families.  . .  280,000 


1 .000,000 

In  order  that  the  New  Era  Model  City  may  provide 
for  all  classes  of  people  to  fhe  best  possible  advantage, 
according  to  the  present  system  of  living,  the  following 
scale  of  prices  for  land  and  the  cost  of  improvements  are 
suggested : 


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Generals’  estates,  350x400,  §1.78  4/7  square  foot,  §625 
front  foot,  §250,000. 

Majors’  estates,  150x200,  §1.66f  square  foot,  §333.33 
front  foot,  §50,000. 

Captains’  sites,  50x150,  §1.33^  square  foot,  §200 
front  foot,  §10,000. 

Lieutenants’  sites,  30x125,  §1.33^  square  foot,  §166.66 
front  foot,  §5,000. 

Sergeants’  lots,  25x100,  §1  square  foot,  §100  front 
foot,  §2,500. 

Privates’  lots,  20x100,  75  cents  square  foot,  §75  front 
foot.  §1,500. 

Recruits’  lots,  20x100,  25  cents  square  foot,  §25  front 
foot,  §500. 

The  cost  of  improvements  in  these  different  divisions 
should  be  at  least  as  follows: 


Generals’  estate  palaces,  to  cost . §500,000  or  more 

Majors’  estate  mansions,  to  cost .  100,000  or  more 

Captains’  residences,  to  cost .  10,000  or  more 

Lieutenants’  residences,  to  cost .  5,000  or  more 

Sergeants’  cottages,  to  cost .  1,500  or  more 

Recruits’  cottages,  to  cost .  500  or  more 


On  the  above  basis  of  value  and  a  reasonable  price 
for  that  portion  of  the  New  Era  Model  City  sold  or  leased 
for  public  purposes,  not  including  parks,  arcades,  boule¬ 
vards,  avenues,  streets,  etc.,  the  land  of  the  New  Era 
Model  City  will  realize  for  the  New  Era  Union  over  §1,- 
000,000,000,  or  an  average  of  only  §1,000  for  each  one  of  a 
population  of  one  million  people. 

The  cost  of  all  the  grand  public  buildings,  railroads, 
arcades,  boulevards,  avenues,  streets,  palaces,  mansions, 
residences,  cottages,  hotels,  apartment  buildings,  fac¬ 
tories,  store  houses,  mills,  power  plants,  water  plants,  and 
all  other  public  improvements  should  amount  to  §1,000,- 
000,000  more,  or  a  total  of  §2,000.000.000,  which,  at  10 
per  cent,  interest,  wear  and  depreciation,  would  be  §200,- 
000,000  fixed  charge  per  annum,  or  only  §200  for  each 
one  of  a  population  of  one  million  people. 

The  cooperative  system  of  the  New  Era  Union  for 
the  production  and  distribution  of  all  needed  supplies  for 
the  use  of  the  members,  and  the  most  profitable  industries 
and  employments  for  profits,  insuring  the  best  products 
and  commanding  the  best  prices  in  every  market  in  the 


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world,  will  enable  tlie  members  of  the  New  Era  Union 
to  invest  their  services  and  surplus  capital  in  the  different 
departments  of  the  New  Era  Union  and  its  bonds,  and  be 
sure  of  a  safe  and  profitable  investment.  This  system  of 
cooperation  is  the  most  perfect  that  our  present  civiliza¬ 
tion  is  capable  of  realizing,  each  member  of  the  New 
Era  Union  being  able  to  advance  as  fast  as  worthy  or 
possible,  according  to  the  laws  of  the  civil  service  depart¬ 
ment.  This  department  will  keep  a  careful  account  of 
each  member's  record  and  time  of  service,  and  insure  that 
all  promotions  and  dismissals  will  be  in  accord  with  the 
laws  of  justice  and  reciprocity,  and  for  the  best  interests 
of  all  concerned. 

The  production  of  wealth  by  the  system  of  the  New 
Era  Union,  saving  the  enormous  and  unnecessary  waste 
of  time,  labor  and  capital  from  the  present  hap  hazard, 
unorganized  competition,  where  six  or  more  groceries, 
butchers,  dairies,  dry  goods  stores,  etc.,  are  striving  to  di¬ 
vide  up  the  business  that  any  one  of  them  could  do  much 
better  alone,  will  in  a  few  years  be  so  great  that  it  will 
enable  the  thrifty  and  progressive  members  of  the  New 
Era  Union  to  live  in  comfort  on  their  investments  in  its 
stocks  and  bonds,  or  working  only  a  few  hours  a  day. 

The  children  of  members  of  the  New  Era  Union,  as 
they  grow  up,  will  be  specially  trained  and  educated  to 
succeed  and  excel  in  whatever  department  they  choose, 
or  are  best  adapted  for,  and  in  every  possible  way  their 
lives  will  be  as  complete  and  happy  as  the  circumstances 
will  permit. 

The  object  of  the  New  Era  Union  to  attain  peace, 
happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  its  members,  on  a  basis 
of  justice  and  reciprocity,  will  be  so  grandly  and  com¬ 
pletely  realized  in  the  New  Era  Model  City  that  it  will  be¬ 
come  a  pattern  for  all  the  world  to  follow  after  until 
peace,  happiness  and  prosperity,  in  harmony  with  the 
highest  moral,  intellectual  and  spiritual  development,  will 
become  possible  for  all  human  beings.  Of  course  old 
fogies,  narrow-minded  pessimists,  and  selfish,  scheming 
money  kings,  who  are  shrewd  enough  to  see  in  this  sys¬ 
tem  the  destruction  of  the  present  methods  of  the  Shylook 
and  taskmaster,  absorbing  the  wealth  of  the  producers, 
will  all  oppose  Ibis  enterprise  and  say  it  is  impossible 
and  impractical,  but  nevertheless  it  will  be  fully  realized 
in  a  very  few  years,  and  when  it  is  thoroughly  understood 
by  the  people,  the  progress  to  attain  it  will  be  so  rapid 


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that  the  applications  from  progressive,  intelligent  people 
for  employment,  investment  in  the  departments  of  the 
New  Era  Union,  and  for  homes  in  the  New  Era  Model 
City,  will  far  exceed  those  that  can  be  accepted. 

A  complete  prospectus  will  be  prepared,  with  dia¬ 
grams  and  illustrations  giving  a  clear  outline  of  the  plan 
for  building  and  conducting  the  New  Era  Model  City, 
and  organizing  and  conducting  the  New  Era  Union.  Mil¬ 
lions  of  copies  will  be  distributed  all  over  the  United 
States,  together  with  illustrated  and  descriptive  articles 
in  the  magazines  and  newspapers  in  the  United  States. 
General  and  local  agents  will  be  put  at  work  in  every 
city,  town  and  village  in  the  United  States,  who  will  be 
permanently  employed  according  to  their  ability  and  suc¬ 
cess,  to  solicit  applications  and  subscriptions  for  the 
bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union  and  residences  in  the  Model 
City. 

When  the  departments  of  the  New  Era  Union  are  in 
operation,  producing  more  than  the  residents  of  the  New 
Era  Model  City  require,  these  agents  will  then  take  orders 
for  and  deliver  everything  produced  and  sold  by  the  New 
Era  Union,  thus  insuring  the  highest  retail  prices  and 
the  surest  market  that  it  will  be  possible  to  secure. 

Not  a  single  person  in  the  United  States  doubts  the 
ability  of  our  government  and  people  to  raise  one  million 
soldiers  and  $1,000,000,000,  if  necessary  to  protect  us  in 
case  of  war.  Any  one  who  will  not  believe  in  the  possi¬ 
bility  and  assist  in  the  success  of  the  New  Era  Model 
City  and  New  Era  Union  should  be  pitied  rather  than  de¬ 
spised,  for  their  lamentable  lack  of  enterprise  and  ambi¬ 
tion  to  achieve  grander  and  better  things,  and  for  their 
indifference  to  the  needs  of  human  beings  to  enjoy  peace, 
happiness  and  prosperity  rather  than  the  stagnation,  dis¬ 
tress  and  fierce,  selfish  competition  now  existing  on  every 
hand.  Our  country  is  so  wonderfully  supplied  with  un¬ 
developed  resources  that  it  could  support  the  population 
of  the  world  in  comfort.  It  is  the  duty  and  the  destiny  of 
the  American  people  to  make  a  grand  success  of  this  en¬ 
terprise.  that  has  been  planned  on  the  most  perfect  sys¬ 
tem  of  justice  and  reciprocity  that  is  possible  with  the 
present  unfoldment  of  human  nature. 

When  the  location  of  the  New  Era  Model  City  has 
been  decided,  and  the  site  secured  and  proper  arrange¬ 
ments  made,  the  dedication  of  the  Model  City,  by  laying 
the  corner  stone  of  the  Administration  Capitol,  will  be 


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the  grandest  event  by  far  in  die  history  of  the  world. 
Every  nation  of  the  world,  every  government  official, 
every  state  and  territory  official,  every  religious  denom¬ 
ination  and  society;  every  lodge,  order,  union,  trade  and 
labor  organization;  every  educational,  industrial,  scien¬ 
tific,  and  all  other  organizations  of  every  kind,  that 
represent  any  number  of  people,  will  be  invited  to  be 
present  and  take  part  in  the  grand  celebration.  This 
grand  jubilee  will  last  three  days,  and  take  place  on 
the  2d,  3d  and  4th  of  July  following  the  selection  of  the 
site  for  the  New  Era  Model  City.  It  will  include  the 
grandest  jubilee  concerts,  exhibitions,  fireworks,  per¬ 
formances  of  all  kinds,  races,  banquets,  speeches,  etc., 
that  can  be  conceived  of.  Cheap  excursions  from  all 
over  the  world,  but  especially  from  all  parts  of  the 
United  States,  will  be  arranged,  with  provisions  for 
sleeping  and  feeding  and  otherwise  accommodating  at 
least  one  million  people.  The  details  for  this  gigantic 
and  elaborate  jubilee  will  be  given  at  length,  at  the 
proper  time,  to  show  how  possible  and  desirable  it  is 
to  help  make  a  grand  success,  and  in  every  way  to  arouse 
and  enthuse  the  people  to  such  an  intense  degree  that  the 
success  of  the  New  Era  Union  and  the  New  Era  Model 
City  will  be  assured. 

Those  who  may  think  this  is  impossible  and  only  an 
idle  dream  only  show  their  ignorance  and  lamentable 
lack  of  ambition.  We  were  able  to  build  and  conduct 
the  grandest  World’s  Exposition  the  world  has  ever 
known,  at  an  expense  of  about  $40, 000,000,  for  a  brief 
six  months,  and  any  one  who  took  the  least  trouble  to 
learn  the  facts  would  realize  how  much  better  and  easier 
the  work  would  have  been  done  had  it  been  for  per¬ 
manent  use.  Then  with  the  system  and  organization 
once  in  operation,  they  could  have  gone  on  building  and 
maintaining  grand  buildings  and  other  improvements 
and  institutions  and  industries  just  as  long  as  the  people 
wanted  them.  Of  course,  the  narrow-minded  fogies  and 
pessimists  will  ask  where  the  money  is  to  come  from. 
If  our  people  were  sufficiently  intelligent  they  wmuld 
build  these  Model  Cities  by  the  government,  until  the 
entire  population  of  the  world  was  provided  for.  if  they 
desired,  without  paying  a  cent  for  interest.  Those  who 
want  to  read  a  beautiful  ideal,  as  well  as  a  clear  and 
logical  explanation  of  how  people  can  enjoy  all  the  lux¬ 
uries  they  want  without  waiting  for  money,  should  get 


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“Human  Drift,”  a  book  by  King  C.  Gillette,  published 
by  The  Humbolt  Publishing  Company,  New  York  City; 
also,  “Freeland,”  by  Dr.  Hortzka. 

Among  the  many  reasons  and  facts  to  prove  that  all 
these  plans  can  be  realized,  if  enough  people  desire  them, 
I  will  briefly  refer  to  the  Incas,  a  race  of  so-called  In¬ 
dians  or  barbarians  that  lived  in  Peru,  South  America, 
and  who  were  conquered  by  the  Spaniards  about  four 
hundred  years  ago.  Clements  P.  Markham,  in  his  “His¬ 
tory  of  Peru,”  says  of  the  Incas:  “Provision  was  made 
to  supply  all  classes  of  people,  of  a  population  of  over 
ten  millions,  with  everything  they  required  that  was  not 
produced  by  themselves,  through  a  system  of  exchange 
from  one  group  or  colony  with  another.  Inhabitants  of 
a  populous  district  were  removed  to  a  less  crowded  one. 
The  comforts  and  needs  of  all  classes  were  promoted 
and  supplied  bj"  carefully  planned  and  just  system  of 
exchange  of  products  and  services.  Waste  places  were 
made  fetile,  and  political  objects  were  well  provided  for 
and  secured.  Under  the  Incas’  system,  all  who  could 
work  were  obliged  to  work  for  a  few  hours  a  day.  All 
lived  in  comfort,  and  there  was  ample  provision  for  the 
aged,  for  young  people  and  the  sick.  All  workers,  of¬ 
ficials  and  priests  were  liberally  supplied  with  all  they 
wanted  from  the  public  stores.  NO  MONEY  WAS  NEC¬ 
ESSARY,  for  every  family  had  a  right  to  everything 
necessary  for  the  nourishment  and  well-being  of  its  mem¬ 
bers,  from  the  public  market,  without  payment.  In  the 
case  of  disaster  to  any  community,  caused  by  weather, 
accident  or  enemy,  the  neighboring  villages  repaired  all 
damages  and  gave  all  needed  help.  So  great  a  success 
was  the  Incas’  system  that  it  continued  to  work  ef¬ 
ficiently  and  almost  mechanically  for  some  time  after  the 
guiding  heads  had  been  struck  down.  The  Spanish  con¬ 
querors  found  that  when  they  marched  through  a  dis¬ 
trict,  sacking  homes  and  destroying  growing  crops,  the 
local  officers  kept  a  careful  record  of  the  injury  done. 
The  accounts  were  then  compared,  and  if  one  district  had 
lost  more  than  another,  those  who  had  suffered  less 
made  up  part  of  the  difference,  so  that  the  loss  might  be 
shared  equally  by  all.  Under  such  a  system,  there  could 
be  no  want,  for  thought  was  taken  for  the  nourishment 
and  comfort  of  every  person.  While  there  was  easy  and 
congenial  work  for  all.  provision  was  also  made  for  rest 
and  recreation.  The  dreams  of  the  Socialist  were  made 


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a  reality  in  the  system  that  grew  up  and  flourished  un¬ 
der  the  rule  of  the  Incas.”  Alexander  Harvey,  in  an 
article  headed  “.V  Nation  of  Socialists,”  in  the  August 
-il,  1S!>5,  number  of  the  Twentieth  Century,  says,  among 
other  things  about  the  Incas:  “That  Socialistic  ideas 
have  a  foundation  is  evidenced  by  the  rise  of  a  mighty 
nation  that  grew  to  mighty  proportions,  and  numbered 
its  citizens  by  the  millions,  through  simple  adherence 
to  the  principles  now  preached  by  Collectivists.  This 
great  people  had  no  capitalists  and  no  competition. 
Everything  was  owned  in  common.  Every  man,  woman 
and  child  was  assured  a  comfortable  home,  food  and 
clothing.  There  was  no  labor  problem,  for  the  only  em¬ 
ployer  was  the  state.  THERE  WAS  NO  MONEY,  for 
no  one  had  anything  to  sell.  THERE  WAS  NO  THEFT, 
for  whatever  a  citizen  wanted  he  could  have  for  the  ask¬ 
ing.  THERE  WAS  NO  CRIME  and  no  public  disorder, 
and  that  modern  scourge,  POVERTY,  WAS  UN¬ 
KNOWN.  The  Incas  is  the  name  by  which  history  hands 
the  record  of  these  people  down  to  us.  Theirs  is  a  mar¬ 
velous  story.  It  is  so  beautiful  as  to  be  almost  a 
dream,  but  that  it  is  a  reality  we  have  the  positive  evi¬ 
dence.  Prescott,  the  historian,  is  so  naive  as  to  won¬ 
der  how  the  Incas,  with  their  vast  population  and  enor¬ 
mous  wealth,  could  have  been  so  happy,  so  prosperous 
and  so  enlightened,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  private  prop¬ 
erty  was  unknown  among  them,  that  they  had  no  idea 
of  crime  in  our  sense  of  expression,  and  that  no  man 
could  inherit,  bequeath  or  accumulate  anything.  Our 
civilization  proved  the  curse  of  the  Incas,  and  swept 
them  off  the  face  of  the  earth,  as  they  were  not  prepared 
to  resist  the  conquering,  brutal  Spaniards,  with  their 
firearms,  who  were  determined  to  secure  their  immense 
wealth.  Millions  of  pounds  of  gold  were  secured  by  the 
Spaniards  from  their  temples  and  their  jewelry  and  other 
ornaments,  as  well  as  untold  wealth  of  other  kinds. 
Their  land,  when  discovered  by  Pizarro,  was  a  paradise. 
Beautiful  buildings  in  stone  and  cement  rose  at  inter¬ 
vals  throughout  its  vast  extent.  The  roads  were  mag¬ 
nificent;  they  were  hard  and  solid,  and  have  endured  to 
the  present  day.  Noble  aqueducts,  traversing  the  coun¬ 
try  for  hundreds  of  miles  in  some  instances,  and  con¬ 
structed  on  Ihe  strictest  scientific  principles,  plentifully 
supplied  the  cities  with  pure  water.  These  cities,  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  Spanish  missionaries,  were  dreams  of 


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beauty.  They  were  as  clean  as  the  interior  of  a  palace, 
and  as  superb  architecturally  as  an  agglomeration  of  ma¬ 
jestic  cathedrals.  There  were  no  stores,  no  business, 
no  bartering.  Such  things  were  unknown.  The  marked 
physical  beauty  of  the  Incas  greatly  impressed  the  first 
Europeans  who  beheld  them.  This,  according  to  the 
Spanish  missionaries,  was  due  to  the  extreme  care  taken 
to  preserve  them  from  privation  and  illness.  No  Incas 
was  permitted  to  labor  more  than  a  third  of  a  day,  and 
frequently  not  so  long  as  that.  The  country  was  im¬ 
mensely  resourceful  in  gold,  but  it  was  employed  only 
in  decorating  the  religious  temples  and  priesthood.  The 
mines  were  worked  with  extreme  care,  and  the  workers 
in  them  were,  under  no  circumstances,  permitted  to  be 
at  labor  more  than  a  few  hours  daily.  So  surprising 
is  the  Altruistic  nature  of  this  Socialistic  civilization, 
in  contrast  with  our  own,  that  it  is  difficult  to  believe 
that  the  Incas  and  their  history  is  not  the  part  of  some 
imaginary  tale.  Yet  never  was  history  more  veracious, 
and  this  account  of  them  is  deliberately  understated. 
Any  reader  may  estimate  this  matter  for  himself  by  ref¬ 
erence  to  Incas  history,  which  is  readily  accessible  in  any 
public  library.” 

“History  is  the  witness  of  the  times, 

The  torch  of  truth,  the  life  of  memory. 

The  teacher  of  life,  the  messenger  of  antiquity.” 

— Cicero. 

“Were  a  star  quenched  on  high. 

For  ages  would  its  light 
Still  travel  downward  from  the  sky, 

Shine  on  our  mortal  sight.” 

— Longfellow. 

The  lives  led  by  the  Incas  did  not  lack  variety. 
Every  man  and  woman  was  called  upon  to  do  some  work. 
This  was  either  agricultural  or  mechanical  unless  a  lad 
entered  the  army.  The  hours  of  labor  averaged  five  dail}7, 
not  counting  holidays,  which  were  numerous.  There  was 
no  such  thing  as  wages.  Every  Incas,  upon  his  marriage, 
was  given  a  house  and  garden  attached,  all  complete. 
These  homes  were  constantly  being  prepared,  and  work 
upon  them  was  performed  by  the  state.  The  food  sup¬ 
ply  was  always  in  excess  of  the  demand.  It  all  belonged 
to  the  state  and  was  regularly  distributed  to  the  people 


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by  state  officials.  There  was  no  stint  in  the  supply. 
Immense  warehouses  of  exquisite  beauty  stored  the  pub¬ 
lic  supplies.  The  public  herds  and  flocks  supplied  meat, 
also  vicuna  wool,  from  which  garments  were  made. 
There  was  no  detail  connected  with  the  life  of  the  peox>le 
too  trivial  for  the  care  of  the  state.  Particularly  was 
the  health  of  the  masses  the  first  care.  The  government 
practiced  the  most  enlightened  selfishness.  Precisely  as 
the  wise  shepherd  had  an  eye  to  Ihe  welfare  of  even  his 
youngest  lamb,  did  the  government  of  the  Incas  vigi¬ 
lantly  aim  at  the  physical  perfection  of  its  subjects. 
Their  strength  and  prosperity  was  its  bulwark.  Life 
throughout  the  vast  empire  was  wonderfully  peaceful 
and  happy.  Architecture  was  almost  Roman  grandeur. 
Science  was  a  public  servant,  and  its  aids  made  great 
bridges,  monuments  and  temples  numerous.  Art  was 
visible  in  the  garb  and  homes  of  the  people.  Public  mor¬ 
ality  and  private  virtue  were  of  a  higher  order  (we  have 
the  authority  of  the  Spanish  missionaries  for  this)  than 
in  Spain.  It  has  already  been  noted  that  theft,  arson, 
swindling,  highway  robbery,  pillage,  etc.,  were  unknown. 
Nor  were  there  law  suits  and  breaches  of  contracts  or 
debts.  The  Incas  had  not  even  words  in  their  language 
to  express  such  ideas.  So  wonderfully  cohesive  was  the 
nation  under  this  regime  that  from  a  humble  beginning 
it  rapidly  spread  over  South  America,  and  in  the  course 
of  two  centuries  had  reduced  neighboring  countries  to 
submission.  For  these  peaceful  Socialists  were  formid¬ 
able  in  war.  No  sooner  had  they  conquered  a  nation, 
however,  than  they  immediately  introduced  their  civiliza¬ 
tion  into  it.  The  conquest  begun  in  war  was  consum¬ 
mated  in  peace.  The  new  members  of  the  body  politic 
were  readily  assimilated,  and  there  is  no  record  of  any  re¬ 
bellion  against  so  munificent  a  system.  Thus  the  empire 
spread  rapidly  in  all  directions,  until  the  eruption  of  the 
Spaniards’  firearms  and  the  degradation  of  the  European 
civilization  swept  the  Incas  away  like  chaff.  The  Incas 
were  eminently  refined.  The  courtesies  and  amenities  of 
life  were  punctiliously  observed.  They  were  cleanly  and 
pure.  They  were  never  rude.  Their  government  was  a 
despotism,  the  rule  of  the  Chief  Incas  being  supreme, 
yet  all  were  equally  under  the  law,  from  the  Supreme 
Incas  to  the  shepherd  boy.  There  was  an  elaborate  hier¬ 
archy  and  a  rigid  religious  cast,  but  no  oppression.  In¬ 
deed,  this  system  rendered  suppression  superfluous,  for 


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nothing  could  be  gained  by  it.  Of  course,  had  the  Incas 
possessed  the  vast  resources  of  the  modern  world,  their 
system  would  have  been  a  more  brilliant  success.  Yet, 
such  as  it  was,  it  was  a  brilliant  success.  It  did  not 
break  down;  from  its  inception  it  grew  in  strength  and 
splendor.  The  heathens  put  socialism  on  trial  and  dem¬ 
onstrated  its  feasibility.  If,  in  this  nineteenth  century, 
we  are  incapable  of  profiting  by  their  example,  we  are 
inferior  to  the  Incas. 

“The  effect  of  precept  is  slow  and  tedious, 

That  of  example  quick  and  effectual.” 

— Seneca. 

It  was  solely  owing  to  the  Socialistic  system  that 
the  Incas  were  enabled  to  become  the  dominant  race  of 
South  America.  Other  nations  existed  on  the  continent 
as  brave  and  certainly  more  warlike,  but  they  invariably 
went  down  before  the  irresistible  unity  of  the  Incas.  The 
invading  Spaniards  only  owed  their  supremacy  to  the  fire¬ 
arms  and  the  gunpowder,  against  which  the  Incas  had 
no  means  of  contending.  Civilization,  as  we  know  it,  is 
one  long  record  of  unspeakable  shame  and  infamy,  but, 
with  the  single  exception  of  the  competitive  wage  sys¬ 
tem,  nothing  in  its  record  is  more  hideous  than  its  en¬ 
counter  with  the  Incas.  The  episode  is  as  revolting  as 
that  of  Tarquin  and  Lucrece. 

I  will  quote  a  poem  from  King  C.  Gillette’s  wonder¬ 
ful  book,  “Human  Drift,”  entitled: 

SATAN’S  LAMENT. 

(Satan  being  the  personification  or  symbol  of  selfishness.) 

Millions  of  years  have  come  and  gone, 

Since  I  was  hurled,  an  unclean  thing, 

Into  the  fathomless  depths  of  space, 

From  out  the  gates  of  Eternal  Spring. 

And  now  again  I  hear  the  sound 
Of  weeping  angels,  as  they  cry: 

Repent.  It  is  never  too  late 
Till  after  you  have  cast  the  die. 

power  is  broken;  my  reign  is  o’er. 

Repent  I  would  not;  what  was  more 
I  would  not  for  my  life  implore. 

So,  going  forth  from  these  gates  of  life, 

I  leaped  into  the  darkest  night. 


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And  landed  here  upon  the  earth 
Just  as  the  germ  of  life  had  birth. 

Once  more  I  placed  my  pickets  round. 

Of  selfish  power,  and  bound  them  down 
With  hands  of  avarice  and  greed. 

To  let  them  on  each  other  feed. 

And  now,  again  enthroned  in  state. 

With  power  supreme  o'er  human  fate, 

I  spread  my  nets  of  sin  and  crime 
From  pole  to  pole  through  every  clime, 

To  catch  the  souls  that  tripped  and  fell, 
And  made  the  earth  a  living  hell. 

The  heart  of  man  I  turned  to  stone, 

And  tears  of  pity  gave  him  none, 

Except  for  self;  and  filled  his  brain 
With  passion’s  lust  for  wealth  and  fame — 
Not  fame  that  comes  from  solid  work, 
That  raises  man  above  the  earth, 

But  fame  that  has  its  roots  in  mire 
That  reeks  with  crime  and  mad  desire 
To  hold  within  his  single  hand 
The  fate  of  millions  of  his  kind. 

The  god  of  man  I  made  of  gold; 

Material  wealth,  to  win  and  hold; 

And  its  possession  made  the  price 
Of  happiness  throughout  their  life. 

Then,  like  a  pack  of  wolves  at  bay, 

They  fought  like  demons  night  and  day; 
And  through  the  gates  of  hell  they  trod, 
To  gain  possession  of  their  god. 

And  I  looked  on  this  dance  of  death, 

This  reigning  power  of  selfishness. 

With  fiendish  joy;  for  I  knew  well 
It  kept  alight  the  fires  of  hell. 

Through  these  years  they  battle  wage, 
Like  beasts  of  prey  shut  in  a  cage; 

While  on  my  throne,  in  ghoulish  glee, 

I  watch  their  struggles  to  be  free. 

But  bars  were  strong,  and  locked  the  gate. 
And  life  hung  by  the  thread  of  fate; 

And  Ihose  who  tried  to  escape  their  doom 
Found  no  rest  beyond  the  tomb. 

No  sleep  was  theirs;  each  soul  was  placed 
Against  all  others  of  his  race. 

The  price  of  bread  was  strength  to  stand 


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Against  the  world,  a  single  hand. 

The  mind  was  made  to  think  of  heaven, 

A  life  beyond  the  one  here  given. 

The  charm  it  worked;  the  rising  mist 
Shut  out  the  hope  of  earthly  bliss. 

Then  hope  eternal  in  the  breast, 

Raised  temples  in  that  future  rest 
Beyond  the  rounded  vault  of  blue; 

And  peace  on  earth  was  lost  to  view’. 

My  work  was  done;  within  my  grasp 
I  hold  their  souls,  from  first  to  last; 

And  every  one  was  steeped  in  crime, 

And  in  the  mesh  of  hell  confined. 

And  then,  like  men  who  rise  to  powrer, 

I  felt  secure  up  to  the  hour, 

When,  waking  from  a  troubled  dream, 

The  light  of  reason  round  me  streamed. 

And  now  the  sentence  of  my  crime 
Comes  back  through  all  those  years  of  time: 
“Your  sin  is  selfishness  and  greed. 

And  pow’er  o’er  souls  on  which  to  feed. 

Go  forth  unto  the  realm  of  space, 

The  King  of  Terror  to  every  race, 

From  orb  to  orb  to  take  your  flight, 

And  do  your  deeds  at  dead  of  night. 

In  sleep  your  eyes  may  never  close, 

Your  brain  must  never  take  repose; 

For,  should  the  light  of  reason  dawn, 

Your  power  o’er  souls  is  surely  gone, 

And  they  will  cast  you  into  space 
To  find  another  resting  place.” 

So,  ever  since  that  fatal  day, 

My  restless  soul,  in  black  array, 

Has  traveled  forth,  and  in  the  gloom 
Of  night,  has  cast  its  nets  of  doom 
O’er  souls  of  men,  and  like  a  spell, 

Make  every  orb  of  light  a  hell. 

But  wme  is  mine;  the  round  of  years 
Brings  to  my  eyes  the  bitter  tears 
Which  come  to  all  who  rise  to  fame 
And  selfish  power  by  crime  and  shame, 

Who,  heeding  not  the  voice  within, 

Trample  on  the  souls  of  men  in  sin, 

And,  looking  down  from  their  throne  of  state, 
Calmly  gaze  on  the  wrecks  of  fate, 

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And  watch  the  tears  of  sorrow  flow, 

An  endless  flood  of  endless  woe, 

And  caring  not  that  in  their  breast 
They  nurse  the  crime  of  selfishness. 

’Tis  so  with  me.  The  morning  light 
Shows  that  my  soul  is  black  as  night; 

I  would  repent,  but  now  too  late, 

Once  more  I  cast  the  die  of  fate, 

Which  says  you  can  not  backward  tread, 
And  by  repentance  save  the  dead. 

And  now  again  I  waking  find 
Security  is  but  a  blind 
That  wooes  to  sleep,  and  in  that  sleep 
Steals  the  power  that  you  would  keep. 
The  darkest  hour  of  crime  and  sin 
The  world  has  ever  known  or  been 
Was  just  before  I  went  to  rest 
Upon  my  bed  of  selfishness; 

And  who’d  of  thought,  in  all  that  strife, 
The  reasoning  germ  would  spring  to  life, 
And  from  the  darkest  hour  of  night 
Would  spring  the  dawn  of  coming  light, 
Which  shows  the  gate  of  hope  confined 
Within  the  blackness  of  the  mind? 
Ignorance,  o’er  which  my  power 
Has  reigned  supreme  up  to  this  hour 
Has  passed  away  and  in  its  place 
The  head  of  reason  shows  its  face. 

What’s  that  I  see  on  yonder  plain? 

The  walls  of  hell  are  rent  in  twain; 

And,  streaming  from  every  side 
The  souls  of  men  are  seen  to  glide. 

I  must  away;  my  time  has  come; 

Crime  has  lost  and  virtue  won. 

And  now,  farewell;  No  longer  we 
On  the  same  planet  can  agree. 

So,  under  cover  of  the  night 
To  yonder  orb  I’ll  take  my  flight. 

And  there,  before  the  break  of  day 
Or  Reason’s  dawn.  I’ll  have  full  sway, 
And  over  all  T’ll  cast  the  spell 
Of  Satan’s  power  to  make  a  hell. 

EPILOGUE. 

No  one  can  read  the  lines  of  fate 
lieyond  the  bar  of  reason’s  gate. 


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The  past  is  but  a  shaded  line, 

The  progress  of  the  human  mind 
From  outer  darkness  into  light, 

Along  whose  rays  we  wing  our  flight, 

And,  as  we  near  approach  the  door 
From  which  the  light  is  seen  to  pour, 

The  square  of  distance  from  the  goal 
Sheds  greater  light  upon  the  soul 
But  none  the  future  path  can  trace, 

Or  leap  across  the  depths  of  space, 

Or  tell  from  whence  that  light  does  come, 

The  great  eternal  central  sun; 

But,  step  by  step,  must  win  his  way 
Through  endless  time,  Eternity. 

There  are  clouds  upon  the  horizon  of  thought,  and 
the  very  air  we  breathe  is  pregnant  with  the  life  that 
foretells  the  birth  of  a  wonderful  change.  Darkness  will 
cover  the  whole  dome  that  encircles  the  earth,  the  storm 
will  break,  and  from  the  travail  of  nature,  Reason  will 
have  its  birth  and  assume  its  sway  o’er  the  minds  of 
men. 

The  world  is  a  diamond  in  the  rough,  and  Intellect 
and  Reason,  the  only  progressive  entities,  must  cut  the 
facets  to  discover  its  beauty  and  power. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


REPRESENTATIVES’  HALL  IN  THE  STATE  CAPITOL  ON  BEACON 
HILL,  BOSTON— CROWDED  TO  OVERFLOWI NG— ALL  WHO 
WERE  PRESENT  YESTERDAY  IN  FAN  EU I L  HALL  ARE 
HERE,  AND  AS  MANY  MORE  AS  CAN  POSSIBLY  SECURE 
ADMITTANCE— THE  MORNING  PAPERS  HAVE  ALL  RE¬ 
PORTED  THE  MEETING  IN  FANEUIL  HALL  IN  FULL, 
CAUSING  A  GREAT  SENSATION  AMONG  THE  PEOPLE,  AND 
REQUIRING  THE  PAPERS  TO  ISSUE  EXTRA  EDITIONS  TO 
SUPPLY  THE  DEMAND— PROMPTLY  AT  3  O’CLOCK  P.  M., 
AT  THE  HOUR  ANNOUNCED,  MISS  FRANCES  WILLARD, 
LADY  SOMERSET,  MRS.  M.  E.  WALLACE,  MRS.  M.  E.  LEASE, 
MRS.  M.  J.  WILLIAMS,  COUNT  TOLSTOI,  MR.  STEAD,  GEN. 
BOOTH  AND  GEN.  B.  BOOTH,'  MR.  BELLAMY,  B.  O. 
FLOWER  AND  MR.  SUTTA  ENTER  THE  HALL  AND  TAKE 
SEATS  ON  THE  PLATFORM. 

Miss  Willard  steps  to  the  front  and  asks  the  audi¬ 
ence  all  to  rise  and  sing  with  a  hearty  will  “America,” 
which  is  done  with  such  enthusiasm  as  to  make  the  walls 
of  the  building  vibrate  in  unison.  The  audience  having 
taken  their  seats,  Miss  Willard  then  says: 

“We  have,  as  you  see,  been  compelled  to  select  a 
larger  hall,  and  hope  that  all  who  were  originally  invited 
have  seen  the  notice  of  the  change  in  the  papers.  Be¬ 
cause  of  the  national  importance  of  this  meeting,  we  have 
been  favored  by  securing  this  hall  in  the  state  capitol. 
We  have  decided  to  accede  to  the  numerous  requests  that 
have  been  made  for  speeches  from  our  distinguished 
friends  who  occupy  the  platform  and  did  not  speak  yester¬ 
day.  We  will  call  upon  them  for  a  few  remarks  when 
Mr.  Sutta  finishes  his  reading  to-day,  and  in  order  to  lose 
no  time,  we  will  ask  Mr.  Sutta  to  begin  at  once.  Al¬ 
ready  Mr.  Sutta  is  well  known  to  you  as  the  author  of  the 
plans  for  the  New  Era  Union  and  Grand  New  Era  Model 
City,  but  I  take  great  pleasure  in  presenting  him  again 
to  you.”  (She  then  takes  her  seat.  Sutta  comes  to  the 
front  of  the  platform  amid  great  and  prolonged  applause, 
and  says:) 


Universal  Peace ,  Happiness  and  Prosperity. 


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My  dear  brothers  and  sisters,  I  wish  you  could  all 
rejoice  as  I  rejoice  at  the  interest  that  is  being  taken  in 
the  plans  for  the  New  Era  Union  and  Model  City.  All 
that  is  necessary  for  grand  things  to  be  realized,  even  far 
beyond  anything  we  can  comprehend  at  present,  is  for 
the  people  to  show  the  necessary  interest  or  desire  for 
them,  and  the  demand  will  surely  be  supplied.  The  only 
thing  that  prevents  our  enjoying  all  the  delights  and  ad¬ 
vantages  that  the  greatest  minds  can  conceive  of  is  the 
lack  of  proper  organization  to  realize  or  accomplish  them. 
Hence  I  hope  the  New  Era  Union  will  be  a  success,  in 
order  that  the  people  may  have  an  opportunity  to  unite 
in  a  practical  way.  No  one  can  conceive  of  the  wonder¬ 
ful  skill  and  genius  that  our  progressive  and  ambitious 
people  are  capable  of,  until  there  is  an  opportunity  to 
utilize  it,  and  with  the  opportunity  once  provided,  as  it 
will  be,  by  organizing  the  New  Era  Union,  this  pent-up, 
suppressed  energy,  skill  and  genius  will  burst  forth  like 
a  mighty  but  well-organized  army,  and  carry  everything 
through  successfully  that  is  desired,  planting  their  ban¬ 
ners  of  “Excelsior”  and  “Victory”  on  every  high  and 
sublime  ideal  that  our  brightest  minds  can  conceive  of. 
My  crude  and  imperfect  plans  for  a  Model  City  will  then, 
in  a  few  years,  be  so  greatly  improved  upon,  that  each 
subsequent  Model  City  will  be  far  grander  and  more  mar¬ 
velous  and  sublime  than  the  former  ones,  until  all  the 
people  of  the  world  are  giving  their  attention  to  creating 
and  enjoying  such  delightful  and  inspiring  environments 
and  advantages  that  the  New  Era  of  peace,  happiness 
and  prosperity  for  all.  in  harmony  with  the  laws  of  jus¬ 
tice  and  reciprocity,  will  be  so  fully  realized  that  indeed 
“Peace  on  earth  and  goodwill  towards  all  men”  will  be¬ 
come  a  grand  and  universal  reality.  I  want  to  say,  before 
reading  my  plans,  that  if  they  are  ever  realized,  the  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  New  Era  Union  should  erect  a  monument  to 
Mrs.  M.  J.  Williams,  as  she  was  the  first  to  give  me  any 
substantial  help  in  realizing  them.  I  will  now  read  to 
you  my  suggestions  for  the  New  Era  Union,  and  then  give 
an  opportunity  to  our  distinguished  friends  who  have 
been  so  kind  as  to  favor  us  with  their  presence,  to  address 
you : 

THE  NEW  ERA  UNION. 

In  order  to  unite  the  people  in  a  thoroughly  practical 
way  who  may  wish  to  assist  in  making  a  grand  success 
of  the  Grand  New  Era  Model  City  of  the  world,  an  or- 


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ganization,  1o  be  called  the  New  Era  Union,  is  provided 
for  as  follows:  The  object  of  the  New  Era  Union  will  be 
to  attain  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  its  members, 
as  far  as  possible,  on  a  basis  of  justice  and  reciprocity, 
in  harmony  with  the  laws  of  the  countries  wherever  or¬ 
ganized.  The  New  Era  Union  will  be  divided  into  seven 
grand  divisions  or  degrees,  with  names  and  conditions  of 
membership  as  follows: 

AS  THE  WORK  OF  THE  NEW  ERA  UNION  WILL  BE  AN  OPEN 
WARFARE  AGAINST  POVERTY,  IGNORANCE  AND  DIS¬ 
TRESS,  THE  TITLES  OF  THE  VARIOUS  DEGREES  WILL 
BE  THOSE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  ARMY,  AND  ALL 
MEMBERS  WILL  WEAR  APPROPRIATE  AND  BEAUTIFUL 
UNIFORMS. 


FIRST  OR  RECRUITS’  DEGREE. 

Those  who  can  only  perform  the  crude,  common  kinds 
of  labor,  in  the  fields,  shoveling  dirt,  handling  freight 
and  supplies,  ordinary  housework,  light  and  common 
kinds  of  factory  work,  etc.,  as  well  as  all  young  and  inex¬ 
perienced  workers,  will  only  be  employed  as  recruits,  as 
it  is  not  desired  that  they  should  remain  at  that  kind  of 
work  an}7  longer  than  necessary.  They  will  be  paid  two 
dollars  a  day  for  eight  hours’  work,  and  their  board,  lodg¬ 
ing  and  supplies  in  the  recruits’  division  of  the  New  Era 
Model  City  will  be  furnished  at  prices  enabling  them  to 
live  much  better  than  they  can  at  present  for  twice  the 
pay.  The  same  will  apply  to  each  degree  worker  of  the 
New  Era  Union,  the  advantages,  comforts  and  luxuries 
of  the  New  Era  Model  City  far  exceeding  any  that  it  is 
possible  to  secure  anywhere  else  in  the  world  for  twice 
the  cost.  They  must  purchase  a  membership,  costing 
$600,  to  be  invested  in  the  bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union, 
from  one-fourth  of  their  earnings  or  otherwise. 

SECOND  OR  PRIVATES’  DEGREE. 

Those  who  perform  all  kinds  of  work  in  every  depart¬ 
ment  of  the  New  Era  Union,  where  some  experience  and 
ability  is  required,  but  not  expert  skill  or  training.  They 
will  be  paid  three  dollars  per  day  for  eight  hours’  work, 
and  must  purchase  membership  by  investing  $000  in  the 
bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union,  from  one-fourth  of  their 
pay  or  otherwise. 


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THIRD  OR  SERGEANTS’  DEGREE. 

Those  who  have  special  skill  and  training,  qualifying 
them  to  be  good  mechanics,  salesmen  and  women,  ac¬ 
countants,  teachers,  musicians,  etc.,  will  receive  four  dol¬ 
lars  per  day  for  eight  hours’  work.  They  must  purchase 
a  membership  costing  $1,200,  by  investing  one-fourth 
their  pay  in  the  bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union  or  otherwise. 

FOURTH  OR  LIEUTENANTS’  DEGREE. 

Those  who  have  superior  skill  and  learning,  qualify¬ 
ing  them  to  be  foremen  and  women,  expert  inventors,  ad¬ 
vanced  teachers,  professional  people  of  all  kinds,  highly 
skilled  mechanics,  accountants,  skilled  musicians  and 
artists,  and  those  who  can  fill  other  minor  positions  of 
responsibility  and  trust,  will  receive  six  dollars  per  day 
for  eight  hours’  work.  They  must  purchase  a  member¬ 
ship  costing  $1,800,  by  investing  one-fourth  or  more  of 
their  pay  in  the  bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union  or  other¬ 
wise. 

FIFTH  OR  CAPTAINS’  DEGREE. 

Those  qualified  to  act  as  superintendents,  general 
agents,  all  experts  in  the  professions,  specially  useful  in¬ 
ventors,  highest  skilled  mechanics,  teachers,  artists,  mu¬ 
sicians,  etc.,  will  receive  ten  dollars  per  day.  They  must 
purchase  a  membership  costing  $3,000,  by  investing  one- 
fourth  or  more  of  their  pay  in  the  bonds  of  the  New  Era 
Union  or  otherwise. 

SIXTH  OR  MAJORS’  DEGREE. 

Those  who  have  the  experience  and  ability  to  be  suc¬ 
cessful  general  managers  and  chiefs  of  the  various  di¬ 
visions  of  each  department  will  receive  fifteen  dollars  per 
day.  They  must  purchase  a  membership  costing  $4,500. 
by  investing  one-fourth  or  more  of  their  income  in  the 
bonds  or  otherwise. 

SEVENTH  OR  GENERALS’  DEGREE. 

Those  who  have  the  ability  and  experience  to  suc¬ 
ceed  as  presidents  and  executive  officers  and  general  di¬ 
rectors  of  each  department  will  receive  $25  per  day. 
They  must  purchase  a  membership  costing  $7,500,  by  in¬ 
vesting  one-fourth  their  income  or  otherwise. 


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All  departments  of  the  New  Era  Union  that  can  pos¬ 
sibly  do  so  to  close  at  12  o’clock  noon  on  Saturdays,  with 
full  day’s  pay.  No  work  of  any  kind  to  be  done  on  Sunday 
that  can  possibly  be  avoided.  All  members  in  good 
standing  of  each  of  the  seven  degrees  to  be  allowed  a 
month’s  vacation  each  year,  with  full  pay.  The  civil  serv¬ 
ice  department  to  govern  all  details  as  to  each  worker’s 
duty,  and  keep  a  careful  account  of  their  record  accord¬ 
ing  to  the  standards  of  which  they  will  either  be  pro¬ 
moted,  retained  or  dismissed  from  the  degree  they  occupy. 
Women  will  rank  the  same  as  men  in  all  the  departments 
of  the  New  Era  Union,  being  eligible  for  any  position  they 
have  the  ability  to  perform,  and  receiving  the  same  pay 
when  performing  the  same  kinds  of  service.  All  workers 
of  the  New  Era  Union  will  be  expected  to  insure  their 
lives  in  the  New  Era  Union  life  and  accident  insurance 
department,  to  protect  their  families  in  case  of  accident 
or  death. 

NEW  ERA  UNION  CLUBS. 

The  members  of  each  degree  of  each  division  and  of 
each  department  of  the  New  Era  Union  should,  as  soon  as 
possible,  organize  themselves  into  a  club  of  from  twelve 
to  one  thousand  members;  the  condition  of  membership 
being  that  they  are  members  in  good  standing  of  their 
respective  degrees  that  the  club  represents,  and  that 
they  pay  their  dues  promptly.  The  purpose  of  these 
clubs  will  be  to  promote  the  social,  intellectual,  physical, 
moral  and  material  welfare  of  their  members.  When 
twelve  or  more  members  have  organized  a  club  by  elect¬ 
ing  proper  officers,  they  should  then  secure  suitable  rooms 
or  a  building  for  their  use,  and  tit  up  with  parlors,  read¬ 
ing  rooms,  library,  gymnasium,  bath  rooms  (smoking 
rooms  and  cafd  when  a  majority  of  the  members  so  de¬ 
cide),  billiard  room,  game  room,  class  and  lecture  rooms, 
etc.  Each  Recruits’,  Privates’,  Sergeants’  and  Lieuten¬ 
ants’  Degree  club  to  elect  a  member  to  a  Captains’  Degree 
club  of  their  respective  divisions  and  departments,  to  rep¬ 
resent  their  interests  and  to  unite  them  as  one  body  of 
men  and  women  as  far  as  possible.  Each  one  thousand 
Captains’  Degree  club  members  in  good  standing  to  elect 
yearly  a  member  to  tin*  captains’  council  to  represent 
them.  Each  Majors’  Degree  club  of  one  hundred  or  more 
members  in  good  standing  to  elect  yearly  a  member  to 
the  majors’  council  to  represent  them.  Each  Generals’ 


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Degree  dub  to  elect  yearly  a  member  to  the  generals’ 
council  to  represent  them. 

When  people  will  study  this  system  of  representation 
and  legislation,  it  will  be  found  to  be  far  the  most  perfect 
yet  developed,  and  in  every  possible  way  insuring  the 
greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number,  according  to  the 
laws  of  justice  and  reciprocity.  When  any  dispute  or 
misunderstanding  may  arise  between  any  members  of 
the  New  Era  Union  that  they  can  not  settle  between  them¬ 
selves,  they  should  each  choose  an  arbitrator,  and  they  a 
third,  and  if  their  decision  is  unsatisfactory,  they  should 
then  appeal  to  the  council  of  their  degree,  and  finally  to 
the  supreme  trustee  for  final  settlement. 

The  New  Era  Union  will  copyright  a  seal  and  trade 
mark,  consisting  of  a  small  outline  of  the  New  Era  Model 
City,  to  be  used  by  all  officials  and  departments  and  at¬ 
tached  to  all  official  papers  and  productions  of  the  New 
Era  Union.  All  stocks  and  bonds  of  the  Newr  Era  Union 
and  its  departments  will  at  any  time,  when  the  building- 
lots,  sites  and  estates  of  the  New  Era  Model  City  are  upon 
the  market  and  offered  for  sale  by  the  Union,  be  accepted 
at  par  and  accrued  interest  on  account  of  the  purchase  of 
same  at  their  regular  price. 

The  only  way  it  is  possible  for  the  New  Era  Union  to 
be  a  success  in  attaining  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity 
for  all  its  members  to  the  extent  herein  provided  for,  is 
by  adjusting  all  sales  and  charges  to  members  for  all  sup¬ 
plies  and  services  in  every  department,  on  the  same  scale 
of  payments  for  service  and  supplies.  In  fixing  the  price 
for  services  and  supplies  rendered  or  produced  by  the  dif¬ 
ferent  departments  of  the  New  Era  Union,  the  cost  of 
services  and  supplies  shall  be  ascertained  on  the  basis  of 
the  scale  of  pay  for  services  to  the  members  doing  the 
work,  with  10  per  cent,  for  wear  and  depreciation  and  a 
pro  rata  sinking  fund  to  retire  any  bonds,  mortgages  and 
other  indebtedness,  shall  all  be  provided  for,  and  the 
price  fixed  on  that  basis  for  the  service  and  supplies  pro¬ 
duced  by  such  department  regardless  of  what  competitors 
may  be  charging.  If  competitors  who  pay  less  wages 
and  do  not  divide  their  profits  with  their  workers  were 
allowed  to  compete  for  the  trade  of  the  members  of  the 
New  Era  Union  and  residents  of  the  New  Era  Model  City, 
they  could  undersell  the  New  Era  Union  and  compel  it 
to  resort  to  competition,  requiring  that  all  services  and 
supplies  be  purchased  for  the  least  amount  they  could  be 


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secured  for,  which  would,  under  the  keen  competition 
that  would  then  result,  soon  be  no  more  than  enough  to 
merely  sustain  life  for  all  ordinary  kinds  of  service  that 
the  masses  of  the  world  are  seeking  for. 

For  the  above  reasons,  competition  from  merchants, 
manufacturers,  professional  people,  and  all  others  in 
any  kind  of  service,  who  do  not  belong  to  the  New  Era 
Union  and  comply  with  its  laws,  must  be  avoided  en¬ 
tirely  in  every  possible  way.  The  only  possible  and  ef¬ 
fectual  way  is  to  pay  for  all  services  and  supplies  for 
the  New  Era  Model  City  and  all  departments  of  the 
New  Era  Union  with  checks  on  the  New  Era  Union. 
These  checks  will  be  redeemed  at  their  face  value,  at 
any  time,  by  the  New  Era  Union  and  every  one  of  its 
departments,  which  will  eventually  include  every  pos¬ 
sible  kind  of  service,  articles  and  supplies  desired,  even 
to  traveling  around  the  world,  in  the  course  of  time; 
but  from  the  first  will  include  every  necessity,  and  then 
all  possible  advantages,  luxuries,  amusements,  instruc¬ 
tion,  transportation,  etc.,  as  soon  as  the  departments  can 
be  organized  to  provide  the  same.  These  checks  of  the 
New  Era  Union,  for  services  and  supplies,  will  also  be 
accepted  in  each  and  every  way  by  the  Company  in  the 
purchase  of  its  lands  and  for  all  kinds  of  improvements 
and  buildings  desired  on  same.  The  checks  may  be  de¬ 
posited  in  the  banks  of  the  New  Era  Union  Banking  De¬ 
partment  and  draw  interest  the  same  as  cash,  and  will 
also  be  accepted  in  payment  on  all  bonds  of  the  New 
Era  Union  and  all  its  departments.  These  bonds  will 
be  paid  in  gold,  so  that  all  members  will  receive  gold 
for  their  surplus  earnings,  which  is  all  that  they  could 
possibly  get  if  they  were  originally  paid  in  full  in  gold. 
In  the  event  of  any  worker  of  the  New  Era  Union  de¬ 
siring  to  leave  the  employ  of  the  New  Era  Union,  or  to 
send  money  away,  they  will  be  provided  with  such  money 
as  their  assets  or  the  circumstances  will  justify. 

It  will  be  readily  understood  by  every  one,  even 
people  without  much  education  or  business  experience, 
that  the  only  way  the  objects  of  the  New  Era  Union 
can  be  attained,  and  the  present  struggle  for  existence 
by  the  most  of  people  be  avoided,  is  by  this  system  of 
paying  for  all  services  and  supplies  in  checks.  If  the 
New  Era  Union  should  pay  in  cash,  the  selfishness  of 
human  nature  would  make  the  most  of  people  blind  to 
their  own  interests,  and  if  they  wanted  a  pair  of  shoes. 


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for  instance,  and  could  get  them  from  a  merchant  who 
did  not  belong  to  the  New  Era  Union  for  $2,  when  the 
shoe  department  of  the  New  Era  Union  charged,  say, 
$2.50,  they  would  in  the  most  of  cases  patronize  the 
cheapest  to  save  that  fifty  cents  or  a  dollar,  in  spite  of 
the  fact  that  they  were  assured  that  they  were  placing 
themselves  in  a  position  that  would  compel  them  to  com¬ 
pete  with  the  great  mass  of  the  people  that  would  work 
for  less  pay  than  they  w’ere  receiving,  if  they  could  get 
the  chance. 

When  the  different  departments  of  the  New  Era 
Union  are  successfully  organized,  which  will  be  in  just 
as  short  or  long  a  time  as  the  people  of  this  country 
see  fit  to  make  it.  as  each  and  every  person  who  reads 
or  hears  of  these  plans  is  personally  responsible  for 
carrying  them  out,  no  one  having  any  right  to  blame 
any  one  else  if  they  themselves  are  not  doing  all  they 
can  to  attain  them,  then  the  Newr  Era  of  peace,  happiness 
and  prosperity  for  all  the  members  of  the  New  Era 
Union  will  surely  begin. 

Instead  of  upholding  the  aristocracy  of  selfish  wealth 
that  is  fast  securing  control  of  the  social,  financial,  legis¬ 
lative  and  judicial  interests  and  functions  of  our  country, 
it  will  be  the  purpose  of  the  New  Era  Union  to  do  all 
that  is  possible  to  reward  and  honor  especially  those 
who,  by  their  ability  and  success  in  the  arts,  sciences, 
inventions,  teaching,  preaching,  healing,  and  all  other 
professions  and  industries  in  every  department  of  the 
New  Era  Union,  will  be  of  the  most  service  in  making 
a  grand  success  of  the  New’  Era  Union.  It  will  become 
the  highest  ambition  and  chief  desire  of  the  members 
of  the  New  Era  Union  and  of  the  people  of  all  the  world, 
in  the  course  of  time,  to  attain  to  the  highest  degree 
of  the  New  Era  Union,  or  to  be  appreciated  and  enter¬ 
tained  by  these  members.  In  the  palaces,  mansions  and 
residences  of  the  members  of  the  New  Era  Union,  ac¬ 
cording  to  their  degree,  will  be  established  the  very  head 
and  centre  of  the  most  select,  refined  and  intelligent 
society  of  the  world.  The  main  purpose  of  the  New  Era 
Union  is  to  develop  and  utilize  everything  that  is  grand, 
delightful,  inspiring  and  useful  in  making  this  world 
more  perfect,  and  the  lives  of  all  human  beings,  but 
especially  of  its  members,  in  accordance  with  the  laws 
of  justice  and  reciprocity,  the  most  happy,  prosperous 
and  intelligent  that  it  is  possible  for  them  to  be.  Those 


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who  have  been  the  largest  contributors  to  the  success 
of  this  grand  object,  with  their  wealth  and  ability,  will 
indeed  be  honored  by  all  the  members  of  the  New  Era 
Union,  and  all  the  world  in  the  course  of  time,  as  the 
true  royalty  and  nobility,  or  princes  and  princesses,  the 
lords  and  ladies  of  the  New  Era,  and  the  new  and  better 
civilization  that  is  dawning  for  human  beings  on  this 
planet.  On  the  basis  of  justice  and  reciprocity,  that  re¬ 
quires  that  every  one  should  give  as  well  as  receive, 
those  who  give  of  their  ability  and  wealth  to  the  extent 
that  is  necessary  in  order  to  attain  to  the  General  and 
Major  Degrees  of  the  New  Era  Enion,  as  well  as  the 
Captain  and  other  Degrees  in  proportion,  will  soon  be¬ 
come  so  much  more  honored  and  respected  by  all  honest 
and  intelligent  people  all  over  the  world  than  the  repre¬ 
sentatives  of  a  merely  inherited  and  vampiring  aris¬ 
tocracy,  that  the  representatives  of  the  latter  will  in 
time  sink  into  insignificance  and  contempt.  Westward 
the  star  of  progress  and  new  and  better  civilization  has 
always  led  the  way,  and  it  is  the  duty  and  the  fate  of 
the  American  people  to  set  such  an  example  of  true 
nobility  and  royalty  that  all  the  world,  in  the  course  of 
time,  will  gladly  follow.  Instead  of  those  who  have  ac¬ 
quired  wealth  and  learning  in  our  country  going  to 
Europe  to  find  the  society  and  advantages  they  desire, 
the  best  people  from  all  the  world  will  seek  for  and  try 
to  attain  the  honor  and  happiness  that  will  be  the  re¬ 
wards  of  the  highest  degrees  of  the  New  Era  Union. 

PLAN  FOR  PROMOTING  AND  ORGANIZING  THE  NEW  ERA 

UNION  AND  ITS  DIFFERENT  DEPARTMENTS,  AND  START¬ 
ING  THE  NEW  ERA  MODEL  CITY. 

The  originator  of  this  enterprise  has  selected  a  num¬ 
ber  of  very  promising  and  prospectively  valuable  gold 
mining  properties  that  should  produce  many  millions  of 
dollars  profit.  These  will  be  increased  from  time  to  time 
until  the  very  best  gold  mines  in  the  world  that  can  be 
secured  will  be  owned  and  operated  by  the  gold  mining 
department  of  the  New  Era  Union.  The  originator  and 
inventor  of  this  enterprise  will  help  to  carry  out  the 
plans  and  assist  in  developing  them,  if  it  is  desired  that 
he  should,  until  the  duly  elected  officers  are  ready  to 
take  charge  of  the  work.  A  well  known  and  responsible 
business  man  will  be  selected  as  financial  secretary, 


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and  some  responsible  trust  company  as  treasurer,  to 
take  charge  of  the  funds  that  may  be  received  for  paying 
the  promoting  and  preliminary  expenses. 

The  capital  stock  of  the  New  Era  Union  can  never 
be  increased  in  amount,  and  not  to  exceed  6  per  cent, 
per  annum  ever  be  paid  as  interest  and  dividend  thereon. 
The  stockholders  of  the  New  Era  Union  will  enact  the 
constitution,  will  elect  a  board  of  twelve  general  di¬ 
rectors  yearly,  who  will  have  charge  of  all  the  interest 
of  the  New  Era  Union,  subject  to  the  supreme  trustee; 
also  a  supreme  trustee,  to  be  elected  every  ten  years. 
The  supreme  trustee  will  have  the  power  to  remove 
or  appoint  any  officer  of  the  New  Era  Union  and  of  any 
of  its  departments,  also  to  enact  or  veto  any  law,  rule 
or  order,  for  the  good  of  the  New  Era  Union,  that  will 
not  conflict  with  the  constitution,  subject  to  the  appeal 
of  25  per  cent,  of  the  Council  Division  members  in  good 
standing  as  provided  for.  In  order  to  strengthen  the 
work  of  the  supreme  trustee  as  far  as  possible,  and  in¬ 
sure  the  best  interests  of  all  concerned  being  provided 
for,  the  supreme  trustee  will  invite  the  three  highest 
officials  of  every  organization  in  the  United  States,  in 
any  way  representing  any  number  of  people,  to  become 
advisors  to  the  supreme  trustee,  such  as  lodges,  soci¬ 
eties,  unions,  prominent  teachers,  scientists,  inventors, 
artists,  reform  organizations  and  societies,  religions, 
professional  people  of  all  kinds,  mechanics,  merchants, 
manufacturers,  farmers,  fruit  and  other  food  growers 
and  producers,  also  railroads,  telegraph,  telephone  com¬ 
panies,  etc.  They  will  be  known  as  advisors  to  the 
supreme  trustee,  to  represent  the  interests  of  their  re¬ 
spective  people  and  organizations  in  helping  to  organize 
the  New  Era  Union  and  its  departments,  especially  in 
helping  to  organize  their  particular  department.  If 
within  thirty  days  from  the  sending  of  the  invitation  by 
the  supreme  trustee  to  any  one  to  accept  the  appoint¬ 
ment  as  advisor  to  the  supreme  trustee,  any  official 
or  organization  has  not  responded  by  doing  so,  then  the 
supreme  trustee  may  appoint  others  in  their  stead  from 
that  particular  organization,  who  will  agree  to  do  all 
in  their  power  to  represent  their  organization  and  work 
in  harmony  with  the  officers  of  the  same  in  trying  to 
organize  them  as  a  department  of  the  New  Era  E^nion. 

The  advisors  to  the  supreme  trustee,  who,  it  is 
hoped,  will  promptly  accept  their  appointments  as  soon 


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as  possible  after  the  receipt  of  the  invitation  to  become 
such,  will  do  their  work  through  correspondence  or  per¬ 
sonal  visits  with  the  supreme  trustee  or  his  assistants, 
and  will  be  expected  to  attend  a  grand  council  of  the 
advisors  to  the  supreme  trustee  whenever  called  upon 
to  do  so  by  the  supreme  trustee.  The  advisors  to  the 
supreme  trustee  will  hold  their  office  until  successors 
are  appointed  by  their  respective  organizations  or  by  the 
supreme  trustee,  or  until  their  society  or  organization 
or  corporation  is  organized  as  a  department  of  the  New 
Era  Union  and  has  three  or  more  members  in  the  Gen¬ 
eral’s  Degree,  when  the  General’s  Degree  members  will 
then  represent  their  organization,  and  they  will  cease  to 
exist  as  advisors  to  the  supreme  trustee.  Every  United 
States  senator  will  be  invited  by  the  supreme  trustee 
to  act  as  assistant  supreme  trustee  of  the  New  Era 
Union  in  helping  to  represent  the  interests  of  their  people 
who  may  join  the  New  Era  Union,  they  to  hold  their  office 
while  they  are  United  States  senators.  Every  United 
States  congressman,  every  governor  of  every  state  and 
territory  of  the  United  States,  and  every  mayor  of  every 
city  of  the  United  States,  with  one  hundred  thousand 
or  more  population  by  the  last  census,  will  be  invited 
to  become  advisors  to  the  supreme  trustee  for  the  time 
they  hold  office.  The  assistant  supreme  trustees,  who 
will  be  permanent,  and  the  advisers  to  the  supreme 
trustee,  who  will  hold  office  until  their  department  of 
the  New  Era  Union  or  part  of  the  country  is  organized, 
will  have  the  right  to  purchase  a  residence  bond  of  the 
New  Era  Union,  entitling  them  to  a  cottage,  residence, 
mansion  or  palace  site  in  the  New  Era  Model  City  that 
is  offered  for  sale  by  the  Company  at  three-fourths  of  the 
regular  price,  providing  they  pay  10  per  cent,  within 
thirty  days  from  the  selection  of  the  site  of  the  New 
Era  Model  City,  and  10  per  cent,  each  thirty  days  there¬ 
after. 

When  the  New  Era  Model  City  is  built  and  all  the 
departments  are  fully  organized,  and  the  New  Era  Union 
plans  have  been  carefully  perfected,  with  sufficient  cap¬ 
ital  and  members  to  justify,  then  the  New  Era  Union 
should  proceed  to  organize  local  Companies  in  each  state 
in  the  Union,  to  build  model  blocks  or  small  model  villages, 
to  provide  for  one  to  ten  thousand  people.  These  local 
blocks  or  villages  should  be  located  as  near  as  possible 
to  the  largest  city  in  each  state,  and  to  be  used  for  the 


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purpose  of  collecting  together  and  organizing,  as  well 
as  properly  drilling,  the  people  in  each  state  who  are 
ready  to  join  the  New  Era  Union.  These  model  blocks 
or  villages  will  be  recruiting  stations  or  training  schools 
for  those  who  apply  for  membership  to  become  proficient 
in  the  different  departments  of  the  New  Era  Union,  in 
order  to  establish  them  on  a  self-supporting  basis.  These 
local  model  blocks  or  villages  will  be  controlled  by  the 
New  Era  Union  by  incorporating  a  separate  Company 
in  each  case  and  assigning  one-lialf  and  one  of  the  shares 
of  the  capital  stock  as  full  paid  and  non  assessable  to 
the  New  Era  Union  as  consideration  for  the  plans  and 
assistance  in  building  and  operating  the  model  block  or 
village.  Part  of  the  treasury  stock  of  the  local  Company 
will  then  be  offered  to  the  trustees  and  advisors  to  the 
supreme  trustee  at  50  per  cent,  of  its  par  value,  for 
thirty  days,  to  secure  a  preliminary  expense  fund  to  be¬ 
gin  work  with,  after  which  the  price  will  be  advanced 
to  par  for  the  stock  and  bonds  issued  to  secure  the  funds 
to  purchase  the  land,  build  and  equip  what  buildings 
and  industries  are  necessary,  and  provide  for  all  who 
may  be  ready  to  join  the  New  Era  Union.  When  the 
work  of  building  the  Grand  Exposition  Model  City  of 
the  world  begins,  the  most  competent  and  worthy  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  New  Era  Union  will  be  selected  to  go  to  the 
Grand  New  Era  Model  City  from  time  to  time  as  needed, 
until,  like  a  well  drilled  army,  every  department  of  the 
New  Era  Union  is  fully  organized  to  push  the  work  of 
building  and  maintaining  the  New  Era  Model  City  so 
rapidly,  thoroughly  and  perfectly  as  to  be  the  wonder 
and  command  the  best  help,  as  far  as  needed,  of  the 
best  talent  of  the  entire  world.  The  first  grand  council 
of  trustees  should  be  held  as  soon  as  possible,  at  which 
time  any  suggestion  to  improve  on  the  plans  for  the  New 
Era  Model  City  will  be  carefully  considered  and  adopted 
if  thought  best  by  a  majority  of  trustees  and  the  su¬ 
preme  trustee.  At  this  grand  council  the  location  of 
the  Grand  New  Era  Model  City  will  be  considered,  and 
as  much  other  work  as  possible  be  accomplished  towards 
putting  the  plans  in  successful  operation. 

Due  notice  will  be  given  when  the  location  of  the 
New  Era  Model  City  will  be  decided  upon  by  the  supreme 
trustee.  Inducements  to  secure  its  location  from  states, 
counties  and  corporations  will  be  considered,  but  the  lo¬ 
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and  other  advantages  are  the  best  that  can  be  secured 
for  the  best  interests  of  the  members  of  the  New  Era 
Union  and  the  residents  of  the  New  Era  Model  City. 
When  the  site  for  the  New  Era  Model  City  has  been 
secured,  arrangements  will  then  be  made  for  the  dedi¬ 
cation  and  laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  the  Grand  Ad¬ 
ministration  Capitol  on  the  following  4th  of  July,  which 
will  be  by  far  the  grandest  event  in  the  history  of  the 
world.  Plans  will  be  arranged  for  having  at  least  one 
million  people  present,  by  arranging  cheap  excursions 
from  all  over  the  world,  but  especially  from  every  part 
of  the  United  States.  The  event  will  last  three  days, 
beginning  July  2  and  ending  July  4,  and  will  be  the 
grandest  and  most  stupendous  and  glorious  celebration 
that  can  be  conceived  of  and  executed  by  the  grandest 
minds  in  our  country.  Grand  jubilee  concerts,  with 
thousands  of  musicians  and  singers,  the  grandest  opera 
and  theatrical  performances  of  special  plays  composed 
for  the  occasion,  the  finest  circus  performances,  races, 
sports,  games  of  all  kinds,  together  with  grand  ban¬ 
quets,  dinners,  suppers,  speeches,  and  every  other  de¬ 
light  that  can  be  conceived  of,  to  conclude  on  July  4  with 
the  dedication  of  the  city  and  laying  of  the  corner  stone 
of  the  Administration  Capitol,  when  there  will  be  the 
grandest  parades,  reviews  of  soldiers,  lodges  and  soci¬ 
eties  in  uniform,  with  a  grand  banquet  for  all  and  the 
grandest  possible  jubilee  in  the  evening,  and  finally  ter¬ 
minating  with  the  most  stupendous  and  grand  fireworks 
demonstration  that  the  world  will  ever  have  for  gen¬ 
erations  to  come.  Five  million  dollars  or  more  will  be 
spent  in  advertising  and  promoting  this  grand  celebra¬ 
tion,  feeding  the  people  and  paying  for  the  different  at¬ 
tractions  and  other  expenses.  The  rulers  and  chief  repre¬ 
sentatives  of  every  nation  in  the  world,  and  all  our  na¬ 
tional,  state,  territorial  and  city  officers  will  be  invited; 
also  the  leading  representatives  of  every  religious  or¬ 
ganization  and  society,  every  lodge,  union,  society,  edu¬ 
cational  institution,  large  corporations,  and  all  other 
representative  bodies  of  people  throughout  the  world 
will  especially  be  invited  and  provision  made  for  their 
accommodation.  All  railroad  and  steamboat  companies 
will  be  offered  the  general  mortgage  bonds  of  the  New 
Era  Union  as  payment  for  the  use  of  their  cars  and  boats 
and  transportation  of  the  people  to  this  grand  celebra¬ 
tion.  Only  those  accepting  bonds  in  payment  will  be 


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favored  in  organizing  the  excursions  and  transporting 
the  people  and  supplies  to  the  grand  jubilee,  and  later 
in  building  the  New  Era  Model  City. 

By  averaging  ten  dollars  each  for  transportation  to 
be  paid  in  cash  to  the  New  Era  Union,  and  bonds  given 
therefor  to  the  railroad  and  steamboat  companies,  one 
million  people  would  realize  $10,000,000  in  cash  for  the 
New  Era  Union,  besides  the  large  profits  from  the 
amusements  and  other  attractions.  Every  legitimate 
possible  means  would  be  taken  to  enthuse  the  people  for 
the  New  Era  Model  City  and  induce  them  to  invest  in 
the  stocks  and  bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union  and  its 
departments  that  will  be  organized  and  ready  to  be 
put  in  operation,  so  that  it  may  be  possible  to  secure 
$25,000,000  in  subscriptions  during  this  grand  celebra¬ 
tion,  which  would  only  be  an  average  of  twenty-five  dol¬ 
lars  each  for  one  million  people. 

When  any  department  of  the  New  Era  Union  is  or¬ 
ganized  it  will  be  as  for  instance  the  New  Era  Union 
publishing  department,  the  New  Era  Union  lumber  de¬ 
partment,  the  New  Era  Union  brick  department,  the 
New  Era  Union  construction  department,  the  New  Era 
Union  grocery  department,  the  New  Era  Union  clothing 
department,  the  New  Era  Union  amusement  department, 
etc.,  etc.,  to  the  extent  of  at  least  two  hundred  different 
departments  eventually  when  fully  organized,  each  de¬ 
partment  to  be  a  branch  of  the  New  Era  Union,  and  when 
capital  is  needed,  bonds  to  be  issued  for  same.  Every 
department  in  any  way  connected  with  the  New  Era 
Union  must  be  controlled  by  the  New  Era  Union  for 
its  good  will  and  assistance  in  securing  all  the  business 
of  the  Model  City  and  the  New  Era  Union  for  that  de¬ 
partment,  in  order  to  avoid  having  to  compete  with  out¬ 
side  companies,  who  will  in  no  way  benefit  the  New  Era 
Union  or  the  New  Era  Model  City.  Competitors  would, 
if  they  were  allowed  to  compete  for  the  trade  of  the  New 
Era  Model  City,  compel  the  New  Era  Union  departments 
to  secure  the  work  and  services  of  the  members  at  the 
least  amount  possible,  thus  practically  defeating  the  ob¬ 
ject  for  which  both  were  organized,  or  attaining  the  hap¬ 
piness  and  prosperity  of  all  its  members.  The  New  Era 
Union  will  secure  a  copyright  for  a  trademark,  which 
will  be  a  small  outline  of  the  plan  of  the  Model  City, 
to  be  used  by  all  departments  and  placed  on  articles  and 
supplies  produced,  manufactured  and  sold  by  the  New 


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Era  Union,  thus  enabling  the  members  and  the  public, 
who  wish  to  patronize  the  New  Era  Union  to  be  sure 
they  are  doing  so. 

As  the  main  purpose  of  the  New  Era  Union  is  to  pro¬ 
vide  congenial  profitable  employment  for  all  its  members 
who  desire  the  same,  including  women  and  young  people 
who  desire  to  be  self-supporting  and  producers  of  some¬ 
thing  useful,  as  all  should  desire  to  do,  it  will  be  safe 
to  estimate  that  out  of  a  population  of  one  million  people 
for  the  New  Era  Model  City,  one-lialf  of  them,  or  five 
hundred  thousand,  would  be  producers  or  workers,  doing 
something  useful  to  support  themselves  and  helping  to 
make  a  grand  success  of  the  New  Era  Union  and  the  New 
Era  Model  City.  Placing  an  average  of  six  dollars  per 
day  on  their  work,  which  would  be  a  low  estimate  with 
the  system  of  the  New  Era  Union  doing  away  with  the 
enormous  waste  to  time,  labor  and  capital  now  neces¬ 
sary,  and  utilizing  the  highest  skill,  best  inventions  and 
most  perfect  system  in  producing  the  best  of  everything 
that  will  insure  the  highest  price  in  every  market  of 
the  world,  the  wealth  produced  by  the  five  hundred  thou¬ 
sand  of  the  New  Era  Union  members  would  be  $3,000,000 
per  day,  or  about  $1,000,000,000  each  year. 

There  are  several  millions  of  our  population  at  pres¬ 
ent,  many  of  them  capable  and  experienced  business  men 
and  women,  skilled  mechanics,  artists  and  teachers  who 
are  eager  to  work  with  all  their  ability,  but  who  are 
unable  to  secure  employment,  and  are  merely  existing 
without  doing  themselves  or  any  one  else  any  permanent 
good  as  producers  of  anything  useful.  The  advantages, 
attractions  and  inducements  to  work  and  live  in  the 
Grand  New  Era  Model  City  will  be  so  far  beyond  any 
other  place  in  the  world  that  the  very  best  people  in 
every  department  of  learning,  industry,  art,  science,  pro¬ 
fession,  etc.,  will  be  attracted  to  it,  and  as  only  the 
best  in  every  department  will  be  selected,  there  will  be  no 
question  but  that  the  value  of  the  services  and  products 
of  five  hundred  thousand  such  workers  under  so  perfect 
a  system  as  that  of  the  New  Era  Union,  will  amount 
to  about  $1,000,000,000  per  year,  thus  increasing  the 
wealth  of  the  members  of  the  New  Era  Union  to  such 
an  enormous  extent  that  in  a  few  years  they  could  live 
comfortably  on  their  incomes  from  their  investments  in 
the  bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union,  or  by  working  only  a 
few  hours  per  day,  thus  making  an  opening  for  other 


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workers  to  take  tlieir  places  and  helping  to  attain  hap¬ 
piness  and  prosperity  for  as  many  as  possible. 

When  the  Grand  New  Era  Model  City  has  one  mil¬ 
lion  or  more  population,  thoroughly  and  successfully 
organized,  then  the  New  Era  Union  will  build  other 
model  cities,  towns  and  villages  in  other  states  and  coun¬ 
tries  until  the  present  wasteful  struggle  for  existence  will 
be  changed  to  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  all 
who  will  unite  in  the  New'  Era  Union  and  do  all  in  their 
power  to  help  make  it  a  grand  success. 

PLAN  FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  NEW  ERA  UNION. 

All  members  of  the  New  Era  Union  in  good  standing 
will  belong  to  a  council  for  their  respective  degree  and 
location. 

Each  council  will  legislate  for  its  respective  mem¬ 
bers  by  a  majority  vote,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  higher  councils  and  supreme  trustee.  The  local 
councils  will  elect  delegates  to  county,  state  and  national 
councils  of  their  respective  degrees  when  needed. 

The  civil  service  department  will  keep  a  careful  ac¬ 
count  of  each  member’s  record  and  promote  or  dismiss 
them  according  as  they  comply  or  fail  to  comply  with 
the  conditions  of  membership  in  good  standing.  The 
highest  generals’  council,  composed  of  General’s  Degree 
members,  will  have  general  charge  of  the  work  of  the 
New  Era  Union,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  supreme 
trustee,  ’whose  acts  will  be  subject  to  the  majority  vote 
of  all  members  in  good  standing  when  twenty-five  per 
cent,  appeal  for  such  vote,  so  that  the  majority  vote  of 
all  the  members  will  be  final. 

AGENCY  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  NEW  ERA  UNION. 

One  of  the  strongest  features  of  the  New  Era  Union 
to  insure  its  success,  will  be  its  agency  department.  It 
will  in  time  become  one  of  the  grandest  and  most  ef¬ 
fectual  agencies  for  good  to  all  concerned  that  has  ever 
yet  been  organized  on  this  planet.  It  will  in  fact  be  a 
real  army  of  true  missionaries,  working  for  the  peace, 
happiness  and  prosperity  for  as  many  human  beings  as 
can  be  rescued  from  the  unorganized  competitive  strug¬ 
gle  for  existence  or  selfish  wealth  or  luxury  of  the  pres¬ 
ent. 

The  New  Era  Union  agency  department  will  select 
the  very  best  general  agents  that  can  be  secured  and 


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place  them  in  charge  of  a  district,  on  a  basis  of  one  gen¬ 
eral  agent  for  every  one  hundred  thousand  men,  women 
and  young  people  over  sixteen  years  of  age  in  each  dis¬ 
trict,  by  the  census  to  be  taken  by  the  agencj7  depart¬ 
ment.  The  general  agents  will  work  as  Captain  Degree 
members  and  will  be  paid  ten  dollars  per  day.  They  will 
be  responsible  for  their  respective  territory  or  district, 
with  the  help  of  general  inspectors  and  instructors  to 
be  appointed  by  the  managers  to  be  constantly  in  the 
field  at  work,  among  new  agents  especially. 

The  general  agent,  after  being  appointed  to  his  dis¬ 
trict,  will  at  once  proceed  to  organize  it  by  selecting  a 
centrally  located  house  for  his  home  and  office  for  his 
district,  where  himself  and  his  immediate  assistants  will 
live  and  do  their  work.  All  of  his  assistants  must  be 
members  of  the  New  Era  Union,  his  bookkeepers  to  be¬ 
long  to  the  bookkeepers’  department,  his  cook  to  the 
cooks’  department,  etc.,  as  “In  union  there  is  strength” 
being  the  object  to  be  always  kept  in  mind  in  or¬ 
ganizing  and  operating  every  department  of  the  New 
Era  Union.  Whenever  a  local  company  of  the  New  Era 
Union  has  erected  a  model  block  or  village,  in  or  near 
any  large  city  where  the  general  agents  are  organized, 
they  will  make  their  home  and  office  in  such  model 
block  or  village  if  possible. 

Having  organized  his  home  and  office  force,  the  gen¬ 
eral  agent  should  then  look  over  his  territory  and  divide 
it  into  ten  local  districts  and  appoint  the  best  men  or 
women  he  can  get  for  district  agents  to  have  charge  of 
their  district,  reporting  to  the  general  agent  daily.  The 
district  agents  will  rank  as  Lieutenant’s  Degree  members 
and  will  receive  six  dollars  per  day.  The  district  agents 
will  also  select  a  house  in  the  center  of  their  district 
for  their  office  and  the  home  of  their  local  agents  as 
far  as  possible,  as  no  money  should  be  paid  out  for 
offices,  homes,  board  or  lodging  that  can  possibly  be 
avoided.  All  must  concentrate  in  every  possible  way, 
especially  in  getting  started,  to  save  time  and  expense. 
The  district  agent  will  then  select  ten  of  the  best  local 
agents  lie  can  secure,  who  will  rank  as  Recruit’s  Degree 
members  until  they  show  sufficient  success  and  ability 
to  become  Private’s  Degree  members,  according  to  the 
laws  of  the  civil  service  department.  Each  local  agent 
will  have  charge  of  one  thousand  people,  and  shall  call 
on  each  in  succession  in  regular  order,  from  house  to 


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house,  until  as  nearly  as  possible  every  adult  in  their 
district  has  been  visited,  and  then  repeat  as  often  as 
possible.  The  local  agents  will  first  secure  as  per¬ 
fect  a  census  of  their  districts  as  possible  in  regular 
order,  giving  the  location  and  description  of  every  build¬ 
ing  in  which  human  beings  live  or  work,  with  its  occu¬ 
pants,  giving  the  number,  their  nationality,  sex,  age  and 
condition  of  life,  with  their  position  or  occupation.  When 
the  local  agent’s  census  is  complete,  a  copy  will  be  re¬ 
tained  by  the  local  agent,  to  be  corrected  and  checked 
off  at  every  daily  visit.  A  copy  will  be  retained  by  the 
district  agent,  to  be  checked  off  and  corrected  daily  from 
the  reports  of  the  local  agent;  a  copy  to  be  retained  by 
the  general  agent,  to  be  checked  off  and  corrected  daily 
from  the  reports  of  the  district  agent,  and  a  copy  to  be 
kept  by  the  division  manager,  who  will  have  charge  of 
a  division  containing  ten  general  agents,  and  have  their 
copies  checked  off  and  corrected  from  the  general  agents’ 
reports.  The  division  agents  or  managers  to  send  a 
daily  report  to  the  general  managers,  who  will  be  Gen¬ 
eral's  Degree  members,  at  headquarters,  which  will  be 
the  New  Era  Model  City  as  soon  as  it  is  started. 

As  soon  as  the  local  agents  have  been  appointed, 
they  must  be  thoroughly  instructed  as  to  their  duties, 
which  will  be  to  always  be  polite  and  considerate,  never 
intruding  or  annoying  any  person  if  it  is  possible  to 
avoid  it,  briefly  explaining  the  plans  and  objects  of  the 
New  Era  Union  and  the  Model  City,  then  ask  the  ques¬ 
tions  for  the  census.  At  subsequent  visits  the  local 
agents  will  kindly  and  politely  solicit  for  whatever  is 
being  offered  through  the  agency  department.  First,  a 
copy  of  the  book  giving  full  particulars  and  outlines  of 
the  plans  of  the  New  Era  Union  and  New  Era  Model 
City,  then  for  the  different  publications  of  the  New 
Era  Union  publishing  department,  that  will  give  a  full 
report  of  the  progress  of  the  work;  then  applications 
to  the  membership  degrees  as  workers  are  needed;  then 
for  subscriptions  to  the  different  stocks  and  bonds  of 
the  New  Era  Union  and  departments,  and  finally,  when 
departments  of  the  New  Era  Union  are  organized  and 
supplies  are  produced  in  excess  of  the  needs  of  the  mem¬ 
bers.  then  these  local  agents  will  take  orders  for  the 
same. 

When  a  site  for  the  Grand  Model  City  has  been  se¬ 
cured  and  arrangements  made  for  the  grand  jubilee  cele- 


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bration  and  dedication  on  the  following  2d,  3d  and  4th 
of  July,  the  local  agents  will  then  endeavor  to  sell  every 
adult  and  young  person  in  their  district  a  ticket  to  at¬ 
tend  the  grand  dedication  celebration,  which  will  be 
sold  on  easy  instalments  if  necessary. 

Finally,  when  the  different  departments  of  the  New 
Era  Union  are  fully  organized  and  ready  for  business, 
the  agency  department  will  have  a  local  agent  calling 
eventually,  when  fully  organized,  once  a  week  on  every 
family  in  their  charge,  for  orders  for  every  kind  of  in¬ 
vestment,  service,  supplies,  etc.,  sold  or  produced  by 
the  New  Era  Union;  thus  the  New  Era  Union  will  secure 
the  desirable  patronage  of  every  desirable  person  in  the 
United  States;  also  in  other  countries  when  the  New 
Era  Union  sees  lit  to  organize  therein. 

The  delivery  department  of  the  New  Era  Union  to 
deliver  all  orders  and  sales  all  over  the  country,  will  be 
organized  practically  on  the  same  plan  as  the  agency  de¬ 
partment.  As  soon  as  possible  the  New  Era  Union  will 
have  its  railroad  and  steamboat  departments  to  afford 
transportation  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and 
eventually  to  other  countries. 

REVOLUTION  AND  REPUDIATION;  OR  PEACE,  HAPPINESS  AND 

PROSPERITY  FOR  ALL  ON  A  BASIS  OF  JUSTICE  AND  REC¬ 
IPROCITY— WHICH  ?  “CHOOSE  YE  THIS  DAY  WHOM  YE 

WILL  SERVE.” 

Old  fogies  and  narrow-minded  pessimists  can  ridicule 
and  oppose  the  plans  herein  set  forth  just  as  much  as 
they  please;  they  will  only  help  the  work  along  by  show¬ 
ing  the  class  of  people  who  are  not  willing  to  help  make 
it  a  grand  success.  Any  one  is  to  be  pitied  who  can  not 
read  the  signs  of  the  times  and  see  that  the  success  of 
the  New  Era  Model  City  and  New  Era  Union  is  inevitable. 
It  simply  must  succeed  to  make  life  worth  living  to  mil¬ 
lions  of  our  people  who  have  progressed  to  a  point  that 
the  stagnation,  distress  and  selfish,  aggressive  competi¬ 
tion  everywhere  existing  is  no  longer  endurable  to  them. 
The  millions  of  masses,  as  well  as  the  advanced,  most  in¬ 
telligent  and  wealthy  classes,  want  something  better  than 
they  have  at  present,  and,  according  to  the  laws,  “Seek 
and  ye  shall  find;”  “According  to  your  faith  it  shall  be 
done  unto  you;”  “Faith  without  works  availeth  nothing,” 
and  “In  union  there  is  strength;”  if  they  obey  these  laws 
flu1  New  Era  Model  City  and  New  Era  Union  will  as 


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surely  attain  to  all  that  is  herein  planned  for  as  that 
water  will  run  down  hill,  and  so  much  more  that  it  is  im¬ 
possible  for  the  ordinary  mortal  without  faith  in  the 
wonderful  power  for  good  of  the  All  Highest,  the  Cre¬ 
ator,  to  conceive.  The  originator  of  this  enterprise,  in 
developing  these  plans,  does  not  intend  that  any  religion 
of  any  kind,  under  any  circumstances,  shall  in  any  way 
whatever,  as  a  creed  or  religious  denomination,  be  di¬ 
rectly  connected  with  the  work  of  organizing  or  conduct¬ 
ing  the  New  Era  Union,  and  building  and  conducting  the 
New  Era  Model  City.  All  religions  and  all  beliefs  shall 
be  treated  alike,  and  all  welcomed  without  the  slightest 
prejudice  or  opposition  to  any.  The  fundamental  prin¬ 
ciple  of  our  constitution  of  the  United  States,  that  man 
shall  worship  God  according  to  the  dictates  of  his  own  con¬ 
science,  or  not  worship  Him  at  all  if  he  does  not  want  to, 
shall  be  strictly  adhered  to.  All  religions  and  beliefs,  all 
philosophers,  all  free  thinkers,  even  atheists,  material¬ 
ists,  agnostics,  etc-.,  and  especially  all  humanitarians,  de¬ 
sire  the  realization  of  the  prayer,  “Thy  kingdom  come, 
Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven,’’  if  it  means 
peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  human  beings 
here  on  earth,  as  we  believe  it  does. 

Of  course,  in  promoting  and  organizing  so  stupen¬ 
dous  an  enterprise  as  this  there  will  be  friction,  con¬ 
fusion,  trials,  and  perhaps  temporary  setbacks  to  a 
greater  or  less  extent,  according  to  the  intelligence  or 
lack  of  intelligence  and  common  sense  on  the  part  of 
those  who  are  the  most  active  in  the  work.  It  will  not 
compare,  however,  to  the  trouble  of  organizing  a  large 
army,  while  the  originator  has  now  every  reason  to  hope 
that  the  many  years  of  hard  study,  severe  trials,  enthusi¬ 
astic  work  and  serious  disappointments  on  the  part  of 
the  many  earnest  reformers  of  the  world,  while  persever¬ 
ing  with  the  one  object  in  view  of  making  peace,  happi¬ 
ness  and  prosperity  possible  for  all  here  on  earth,  are 
now  about  to  bear  fruit  and  their  object  realized,  as  far 
as  conditions  and  human  nature,  as  they  exist,  permit  of. 
The  most  important  part  of  the  work  is  securing  un¬ 
selfish,  broad-minded,  progressive  and  humane  men  and 
women  to  organize  and  direct  the  work,  and  we  believe 
the  plans  herein  suggested  provide  for  all  that  object  as 
effectually  as  possible. 


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“CHOOSE  YE  THIS  DAY  WHOM  YE  WILL  SERVE.” 

If  tlie  people  of  the  United  States  are  satisfied  in 
serving  or  being  subject  to  the  selfish,  unorganized  com¬ 
petitive  struggle  for  existence,  or  for  the  mockery  of 
pleasure  and  honor,  by  attaining  wealth  as  at  present, 
in  preference  to  choosing  a  grander,  more  noble  and  hu¬ 
mane  system,  to  have  for  its  object  the  peace,  happiness 
and  prosperity  of  all  on  the  basis  of  justice  and  reci¬ 
procity,  they  are,  of  course,  at  perfect  liberty  to  do  so. 
The  originator  of  this  enterprise  can  stand  it,  if  they  can. 
On  every  hand  there  are  certain  signs  of  the  times  clearly 
seen  by  the  close  observer  and  deep  student  that  prove 
a  terrible  revolution,  with  repudiation  of  all  debts,  as 
inevitable,  unless  some  grand  enterprise  such  as  this  is 
started  as  soon  as  possible,  to  afford  an  outlet  for  the 
suppressed  genius,  energy,  skill  and  ambition  of  the  mil¬ 
lions  who  are  not  willing  to  submit  to  the  conditions  of 
stagnation  and  distress  that  already  so  many  of  our  pop¬ 
ulation  have  surrendered  to  by  becoming  tramps  and 
paupers. 

On  the  other  hand,  if  this  Grand  New  Era  Model  City 
is  to  be  fully  realized,  and  the  New  Era  Union  to  become 
a  haven  of  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  who  see 
fit  to  join  it  and  comply  with  its  conditions  and  mem¬ 
bership,  all  who  desire  results  must  do  their  part  by 
promptly  and  earnestly  responding  to  the  opportunity 
here  presented. 

Let  none  say  it  is  too  big  an  undertaking,  for  by  the 
system  herein  provided  for,  that  will  be  improved  from 
time  to  time,  as  experience  and  necessity  require,  it  will 
make  the  building  of  the  Grand  New  Era  Model  City  a 
more  possible  and  practical  thing  to  accomplish  than  the 
building  of  the  World’s  Fair  at  Chicago,  where  about 
$40,000,000  were  spent  for  an  exposition  to  last  only  six 
months.  Let  none  say  that  they  can  not  see  how  they 
can  help,  for  the  way  is  made  so  plain  that  “a  wayfaring 
man,  though  a  fool,  may  not  err  therein.”  Let  none  say 
they  have  no  money  to  help  with,  for  the  way  is  provided 
for  those  “without  money  and  without  price,”  so  that 
they  can  give  their  services  in  lieu  of  capital  in  any  de¬ 
partment  or  degree  in  the  New  Era  Union,  if  they  are 
only  capable  of  being  in  any  way  useful.  Remember  and 
put  in  practice  the  truths:  “According  to  your  faith  it 
shall  be  done  unto  you,”  but  that  “faith  without  works 
availeth  nothing,”  and  that  “In  union  there  is  strength.” 


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To  show  liow  fully  the  working  people  or  wage  work¬ 
ers  of  the  United  States  realize  the  necessity  for  new  and 
better  conditions,  I  will  read  an  article  from  the  Rocky 
Mountain  News  of  September  1,  1895,  headed  “Labor 
Day’s  Influence — Leaders  of  the  Movement  on  Its  New 
Features 

“Labor  Day  this  year  is  to  be  celebrated  under  some¬ 
what  unusual  circumstances.  It  comes  on  September  2 
in  most  of  the  states,  although  Pennsylvania  does  not 
celebrate  it  until  Saturday,  September  7.  Most  of  the 
unions  have  arranged  to  make  the  day  a  protest  against 
the  incarceration  of  Eugene  V.  Debs.  To  this  end  the 
Trades  and  Labor  assembly,  and  the  Central  Labor  fed¬ 
eration  in  Chicago,  have  arranged  a  monster  parade  in 
that  city.  Philadelphia  will  also  have  a  very  elaboi'ate 
procession,  the  Carpenters’  and  Joiners’  union  being  the 
prime  mover  in  the  affair.  New  York’s  celebration  will 
not  be  so  imposing  as  that  of  some  other  cities,  owing  to 
the  removal  of  labor’s  national  headquarters  from  the 
metropolis.  The  other  leading  cities  of  the  country  will 
have  the  customary  parades.  Any  one  who  has  oppor¬ 
tunities  of  getting  at  the  real  opinions  of  the  principal 
labor  leaders  of  the  country  must  be  impressed  by  their 
change  of  thought  in  the  matter  of  industrial  problems. 
There  seems  to  prevail  an  impression  that  a  NEW  ERA 
has  been  ushered  in  and  that  the  old  methods  must  be 
discarded. 

“  ‘Labor  Day  this  year,’  said  James  IL  Sovereign, 
when  asked  about  this,  ‘will  certainly  usher  in  a  new 
epoch.  The  industrial  element  has  more  solidarity,  I 
should  say,  now  than  at  any  former  period.  There  may 
not  be  the  old-time  show  and  glitter,  but  there  will  be  en¬ 
thusiasm  and  a  determination  to  stand  together.  I  fully 
agree  with  those  who  declare  that  class  feeling  in  this 
republic  is  stronger  than  in  any  other  country  in  the 
world.  That  is  the  inevitable  result  of  economic  oppres¬ 
sion.  For  a  long  time  the  American  working  man  was 
taught  and  believed  that  he  was  immeasurably  better  off 
than  his  toiling  brother  in  other  lands.  Events  here  have 
opened  his  eyes.  Capitalism  is  the  same  here  as  else¬ 
where.  It  grinds  the  face  of  the  poor.  The  very  fact  that 
political  equality  exists  appears  to  make  economic  des¬ 
potism  harsher.’ 

“Mr.  Sovereign,  when  asked  about  his  boycott  of  the 
bank  notes,  said:  ‘That  has  been  much  misrepresented. 


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Those  who  think  the  measure  farcical  are  welcome  to 
their  opinion.  But  as  a  protest  of  labor  against  existing 
conditions  it  ought  to  be  significant.  Labor  has  little  to 
do  now  but  protest  against  its  servitude.  It  seems  odd 
that  the  discontent  of  the  working  masses  should  be  ridi¬ 
culed.  Surely  the  workers  of  any  land  are  an  important 
element  in  its  population.  Let  ns  assume,  for  the  sake 
of  argument,  that  they  voice  demands  that  are  absurd. 
Is  it  nice  to  mock  these  demands?  Would  it  not  be  bet¬ 
ter  for  those  who  deem  them  absurd  to  argue  temperately 
with  labor  and  endeavor  to  point  its  errors  out  to  it? 
Again,  see  how  coldly  the  class  hold  aloof  from  Labor 
Day.  They  take  no  interest  in  it.  Whenever  the  work¬ 
ingman  has  a  measure  to  propose,  he  must  make  his  fight 
alone.  When  the  financiers  or  the  business  men  want  a 
thing  done,  they  are  very  ready  to  solicit  the  toilers’  aid.’ 

“  ‘Do  you  agree  with  Debs  in  condemning  strikes?’ 

“  ‘I  don’t  think  Debs  is  against  strikes  as  a  means  in 
certain  contingencies.  We  have  just  seen  two  large 
strikes  brought  to  a  successful  issue — the  miners  in 
Pennsylvania  and  the  tailors  in  New  York.  What  Mr. 
Debs  means,  I  am  sure,  is  that  the  expedience  of  the  strike 
must  first  be  taken  into  account.  For  my  part,  I  deem 
the  strike  almost  inevitable  under  existing  conditions, 
although  I  do  not  believe  in  the  rash  and  unjust  strike. 
Labor  Day  is  destined  to  be  happy  in  that  respect  this 
3Tear.  The  workers  will  have  no  failure  to  remember.’ 

“President  McBride,  of  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor,  shares  in  the  general  opinion  that  new  conditions 
are  arising. 

“  ‘Labor  Day  will  be  a  great  occasion  this  year,’  said 
he,  ‘because  the  workingmen  have  gained  so  much  the 
past  twelve  months.  I  am  very  glad  the  occasion  is  to  be 
made  one  of  national  protest  against  the  Debs  outrage. 
In  its  way  the  episode  has  been  a  blessing  in  disguise. 
It  has  shown  the  toilers  how  little  they  may  expect  from 
the  powers  that  be  under  existing  conditions.  The  old 
way  of  regarding  our  republic  as  the  paradise  of  toilers 
is  over  and  done  with.  Rather  is  it  a  paradise  of  capi¬ 
talists.  Where  in  the  world  has  capital  more  preroga¬ 
tives  than  among  ourselves?  I  wonder  if  our  people 
understand  the  significance  of  tin1  fact  that  the  toiling 
masses  are  learning  to  regard  the  conditions  under  which 
they  live  with  sullen  discontent?  Does  it  bode  well  for 
the  future  of  our  land?  Would  not  mere  self-interest,  if 


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sufficiently  enlightened,  prompt  capital  to  look  to  the 
welfare  of  labor?  The  trouble  with  our  people  is  that 
they  are  so  dazzled  by  their  political  equality  as  to  be 
for  the  most  part  blind  to  economic  inequality.  The  con¬ 
sequence  is  that  when  labor  protests  are  heard,  there  are 
charges  of  demagogism  made.  We  are  told  that  the 
workingmen  are  misled  by  ignorance  and  union  leaders. 
The  people  who  talk  that  way  overlook  the  fact  that  the 
toiler  is  underpaid  and  underfed,  and  in  want.  Men  in 
that  condition  do  not  want  to  be  told  that  their  leaders 
are  vicious.  Let  them  first  be  well  paid  and  afforded  the 
means  of  decent  livelihood.  Then  they  will  be  in  a  posi¬ 
tion  to  get  rid  of  the  vicious  and  ignorant  leaders.  The 
general  obloquy  heaped  upon  the  labor  movement  only 
adds  invitations  to  the  general  discontent.  It  serves  to 
get  the  workers  apart  and  to  make  them  feel  that  they 
are  necessarily  opposed  in  interest  to  other  classes. 

“  ‘The  movement,  however,’  he  said  in  answer  to  a 
question,  ‘is  apt  to  suffer  from  the  introduction  of  all 
sorts  of  fads  and  issues  by  social  reformers  who  mean 
well  enough,  but  usually  drift  the  workingmen  away  into 
all  sorts  of  abstract  discussions  and  vain  agitations.  I 
believe  in  the  labor  movement,  but  I  do  not  feel  obliged 
on  that  account  to  take  up  every  new  idea  that  comes 
along.  There  are  too  many  cure-alls  in  the  social  agita¬ 
tion  of  to-day.  People  will  assure  you  that  if  you  only 
adopt  their  panacea,  the  whole  world  will  become  a  gar¬ 
den  of  unions,  and  they  enthuse  an  immense  amount  of 
talk  and  very  little  action.  Action ,  that’s  the  need  of 
labor.  Our  enemies  have  a  monopoly  of  that.  Discus¬ 
sion  clears  the  air,  but  we  must  not  always  discuss.  That 
is  why  I  look  forward  to  Labor  Day  this  year  with  un¬ 
usual  interest.  We  are  going  to  do  something.  The  pro¬ 
test  against  Debs’  imprisonment  will  lead  to  something 
definite,  in  my  opinion.  It  will  serve  to  convince  the 
workingman  that  he  is  his  own  best  friend.  That  is  what 
he  has  been  a  long  time  finding  out.’ 

“Debs’  view  of  the  coming  Labor  Day  should  have 
both  an  academic  and  a  personal  interest.  Writing  from 
Woodstock  jail,  in  answer  to  a  request  for  Labor  Day 
sentiments,  he  declares: 

“  ‘I  do  not  care  to  write  with  malice  towards  any 
one.  I  do  not  know  what  to  write  about  Labor  Day 
that  will  not  seem  personal  in  view  of  the  industrial  pro¬ 
test  against  what  I  deem  the  violation  of  my  rights  as 


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an  American  citizen  in  being  imprisoned  without  any 
acknowledgment  of  my  right  to  a  trial.  I  know  that  if 
I  am  in  the  right  my  vindication  will  come  with  time. 
If  1  am  with  the  wrong,  I  ought  to  take  the  consequences. 
I  do  not  look  upon  the  protest  of  American  labor  against 
my  imprisonment  as  any  personal  tribute.  It  is  simply 
a  manifestation  of  American  love  of  fair  play  and  justice, 
regardless  of  individuals.  The  principles  of  truth  and  jus¬ 
tice  are  the  keys  to  the  labor  question.’  ” 

To  show  that  matters  have  not  improved  for  the 
laboring  people  in  the  past  two  years,  we  find,  on  Labor 
Day,  1807,  over  one  hundred  thousand  coal  miners  on  a 
desperate  strike  for  living  wages,  and  such  articles  as  the 
following  in  our  newspapers. 

(FROM  THE  NEW  ROAD,  DENVER,  SEPTEMBER  4,  1897.) 

MAY  CALL  TO  ARMS. 

THE  MASSES  OF  THE  PEOPLE  ARE  SICK  OF  THE  JUSTICE 
METED  OUT  TO  THEM  BY  PLUTOCRACY’S  JUDGES— THE 
“GOVERNMENT  BY  INJUNCTION”  SCHEME  PUT  IN  FORCE 
BY  THE  HIRED  COURTS  OF  THIS  COUNTRY  MUST  BE 
STOPPED— PLANS  FORMULATED  AT  ST.  LOUIS  FOR  A 
CONVENTION  TO  BE  HELD  AT  CHICAGO,  SEPTEMBER  27 
—SPEECHES  OF  SOVEREIGN  AND  DEBS. 

The  conference  of  organized  labor  held  at  St.  Louis 
this  week  adjourned  Tuesday  to  meet  again  in  conven¬ 
tion  at  Chicago,  September  27.  The  meeting  this  week 
was  for  the  formulating  of  plans  for  a  convention  to 
follow  later.  From  all  indications  it  begins  to  look  as 
though  the  masses  of  this  country  were  getting  together 
and  proposed  to  assert  their  rights.  The  money  classes 
and  their  hired  judges  have  gone  too  far.  The  masses 
will  have  to  fight  for  the  liberties  of  citizenship  an 
American  citizen  is  supposed  to  be  entitled  to.  The  clos¬ 
ing  remarks  of  Sovereign  and  the  speech  of  Eugene  V. 
Debs  speak  the  sentiments  of  the  millions  of  the  masses. 

“Why,”  said  Mr.  Sovereign,  “this  convention  has  re¬ 
jected  a  proposition  looking  to  this  very  end.  Even  if 
congress  did  give  us  the  rights  we  want,  the  courts  of 
the  country  would  still  have  the  power  of  injunction, 
and  they  could  then  throttle  us.  The  convention  should 
inform  the  world  that  if  this  matter  is  to  be  tested  the 
miners  should  break  all  injunctions.” 


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Mr.  Sovereign  said  lie  was  willing  to  go  to  jail  in 
support  of  his  idea. 

“It  is  time,”  said  Mr.  Sovereign,  fervently,  “to  bring 
the  miners  and  courts  face  to  face  in  this  matter  and 
force  an  issue.  Fill  up  the  jail  with  violators  of  in¬ 
junctions,  and  when  the  men  who  started  this  move¬ 
ment  are  incarcerated,  thousands  of  others  will  be  found 
to  take  their  places.  (Cheers.)  The  laboring  people  can 
vote  for  years  but  nothing  can  be  accomplished.  Let  us 
reorganize  this  government,”  shouted  Mr.  Sovereign. 
“Let  us  stand  up  and  assert  ourselves.  Behind  these  in¬ 
junctions  stand  Gatling  guns  and  Winchesters,  but  we 
fear  them  not.  Let  us  hold  up  the  flag  and  tear  down 
the  courts. 

“We  stand  on  our  dignity  and  will  have  our  liberty 
from  this  time  on,”  shouted  Mr.  Sovereign. 

The  convention  broke  into  wild  cheering,  which  de¬ 
veloped  into  spontaneous  call  for  Mr.  Debs,  the  famous 
labor  leader  and  avowed  head  of  the  social  democracy 
of  this  country,  who  has  not  uttered  a  word  since  the 
convention  met,  but  who  has  not  missed  a  minute  of  its 
proceedings.  He  rose  from  his  seat  and  came  slowly  to 
the  platform.  When  the  cheering  ceased  Mr.  Debs  began 
a  speech  which  was  interrupted  at  the  end  of  nearly  every 
sentence  by  cheering  and  handclapping.  He  said: 

“I  believe  the  gravity  of  the  industrial  situation  in 
this  country  is  well  understood.  It  is  quite  evident  the 
delegates  to  this  convention  recognize  the  fact  that  civil 
liberty  is  dead  in  America.  I  have  said,  and  say  again, 
for  the  last  time  I  have  appealed  to  the  courts  for 
justice  and  shall  appeal  to  them  no  more. 

“The  A.  R.  IT.  expended  |45,000  to  have  the  question 
of  civil  rights  tested  in  the  supreme  court  of  the  United 
States,  only  to  be  told  that  we  have  no  rights  that  cap¬ 
ital  was  bound  to  respect.  Shall  we  appeal  to  the  su¬ 
preme  court  again?  No.  We  appeal  to  this  convention 
and  the  country  for  an  uprising  of  all  common  people  in 
every  walk  of  life  to  beat  back  the  courts  and  reen¬ 
throne  the  rights  of  the  American  people!  Labor  Day 
is  near.  What  shall  we  do?  I  predict,  my  friends,  that 
we  will  see  the  extraordinary  spectacle  of  enslaved  labor 
rattling  its  chains  and  dancing  to  the  music.  Labor  is 
the  cheapest  commodity  on  God’s  earth,  and  yet  there 
are  those  who  would  have  it  at  a  lower  price.  The 
united  voice  of  labor  has  been  raised  against  the  ap- 


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pointinent  of  Mr.  Powderly  to  a  federal  position,  and  I 
notice  that  he  was  promptly  put  into  the  place  (mingled 
cheers  and  hisses).  From  justice  of  the  peace  to  justice 
of  the  supreme  court  of  the  United  States,  all  the  judicial 
powers  of  the  United  States  are  directed  against  the 
laborer.  All  the  organized  sources  of  society  are  against 
the  laborer,  and  if  labor  expects  enmancipation  itself, 
labor  needs  must  do  it.” 

Mr.  Debs  then  told  the  convention  that  much  destitu¬ 
tion  existed  among  the  miners  of  the  once  proud  state 
of  Indiana,  and  stated  that  one  thousand  underground 
workers  and  their  families  were  starving.  He  read  the 
report  of  the  committee  appointed  by  Gov.  Mount  to 
examine  into  the  condition  of  the  miners  of  Indiana  and 
then  took  up  the  thread  of  his  argument. 

“The  time  has  not  quite  come  to  incite  the  popula¬ 
tion,”  :said  Mr.  Debs,  shaking  his  fist  vehemently.  “I 
serve  notice  on  the  plutocratic  element  of  this  country 
that  we  are  on  the  eve  of  another  meeting  in  Chicago, 
which  will  be  attended  by  all  branches  of  labor.  That 
convention  will  take  up  these  same  questions  and  will 
institute  agitation  and  keep  it  going  until  the  public 
conscience  and  the  public  heart  are  aroused.  Then  will 
come  such  an  uprising  as  the  world  has  never  seen. 

“I  do  not  come  to  this  convention  to  exploit  social 
democracy  or  any  other  movement.  There  is  something 
greater  in  this  movement  than  any  one  element  can  man¬ 
age — the  emancipation  of  labor.  There  is  no  division 
here.  Each  man  is  entitled  to  his  own  opinion  and  his 
right  to  express  it.  each  man  to  speak  as  becomes  that 
man.  I  am  side  by  side  with  you.  I  am  a  trades  unionist 
and  a  social  unionist.  (Tremendous  applause.) 

“Whenever  the  trades  unions  desire  to  do  battle  with 
their  common  enemy  they  can  count  upon  us  to  come  to 
the  front  and  take  their  places  side  by  side  with  them 
and  fight  with  them.  Never  in  my  life  have  I  been  more 
hopeful  than  now.  I  am  not  gifted  with  great  visionary 
power,  but  I  can  see  the  beginning  of  the  end.  (Cheers.) 
This  meeting  is  an  inspiration.  It  will  lead  to  great  re¬ 
sults.  This  movement  has  attained  tremendous  impetus 
and  will  go  ahead  with  a  rush.  When  the  people  nre 
ready,  and  that  day  is  not  far  otT,  my  friends,  there  will 
be  a  spontaneous  uprising.  The  supreme  court  will  be 
abolished,  congress  dispersed  and  the  sacred  rights  of 


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American  citizens  and  American  freedom  will  be  en¬ 
throned.  (Great  applause.) 

“I  plead  guilty  to  the  charge  of  being  radical.  I 
onlv  wish  you  would  allow  me  to  be  more  radical  still. 
Support  us,  gentlemen  of  the  convention,  and  I  promise 
you  we  will  support  the  attempt  to  abolish  government 
bv  injunction  and  the  judges  who  issue  them. 

“On  bearing  arms,  I  hope  in  the  march  of  common 
intelligence  we  will  reach  a  point  where  we  will  be  able 
to  settle  these  questions  without  appealing  to  the  sword 
or  bullet.  I  can  not  tell.  Certain  it  is  there  are  thou¬ 
sands  of  our  fellow  citizens  suffering,  and  certain  it  is 
this  can  not  last.  The  time  will  come  to  incite  this 
populace.  When  this  time  comes  you  can  depend  on  me. 
(Cheers.)  I  will  not  stand  in  the  rear  and  ask  you  to  go 
ahead.  I  will  be  in  front  and  say  to  you,  ‘Come  on.' 
(Renewed  cheering.) 

“I  shrink  from  bloodshed,”  and  Mr.  Debs  paused 
impressively,  “but  if  it  is  necessary  to  preserve  liberty 
and  our  rights — in  that  event  I  will  shed  the  last  drop 
of  blood  that  courses  through  my  veins.  (Outbreak  of 
cheering.) 

A  REPUBLIC  NO  LONGER. 

“Plutocracy  can  not  buy  me;  they  may  send  me  to 
jail;  may  ostracise  me  or  hang  me,  but  in  the  language 
of  the  revolutionary  heroes,  I  do  not  propose  to  part 
with  my  self-respect,  independence  and  manhood.  We 
no  longer  have  a  republic,  there  is  not  a  vestige  of  it 
left.  The  judiciary  of  this  country  has  placed  a  padlock 
on  my  lips,  forbidden  me  to  walk  on  public  highways, 
and  destroyed  all  of  my  rights.  I  submit  because  you 
compelled  me  to.  I  am  helpless.  I  appeal  to  you  and 
to  the  country  to  come  to  the  front,  take  this  cause  to 
heart  and  these  questions  will  then  be  solved.  I  will 
be  free  and  so  will  you. 

“The  people  are  ripe  for  a  great  change.  All  they 
lack  is  direction  and  leadership.  Let  this  conference 
supply  it.  Let  this  conference  set  the  pace.  Announce 
to  the  world  that  it  will  temporarily  adjourn  for  three 
weeks  to  renew  preparations.  Ask  every  man  to  pledge 
himself  to  be  there,  come  if  you  have  to  walk,  no  one 
has  a  right  to  plead  poverty.” 

Mr.  Debs  went  over  the  conditions  existing  in  Penn¬ 
sylvania.  When  he  finished  with  that  state  he  took  up 


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West  Virginia.  West  Virginia,  lie  said,  had  more  gov¬ 
ernment  to  the  square  inch  than  any  state  in  the  Union, 
and  that  meant  less  liberty.  The  best  governmenr,  the 
most  liberty — the  only  perfect  government  was  no  gov¬ 
ernment  at  all.  In  conclusion,  Mr.  Debs  said: 

“My  friends,  assist  ourselves;  enforce  your  cause. 
Let  every  man  who  can  be  as  good  as  his  word  stand 
erect.” 

Nearly  every  delegate  in  the  convention  rose  to  his 
feet  and  cheered  the  speaker. 

As  Mr.  Debs  finished,  the  delegates  jumped  on  their 
chairs,  threw  their  hats  in  the  air  and  crowded  forward 
to  greet  the  speaker.  Chairman  Pomeroy  pounded  vig¬ 
orously  for  order,  but  it  was  fully  five  minutes  before 
the  convention  recovered  from  the  spell  which  Mr.  Debs’ 
oratory  had  cast  about  them.  The  chairman  then  ap¬ 
pointed  Messrs.  Mahon,  Debs,  Sovereign,  Donnelly  and 
O’Connell  a  committee  to  arrange  the  Chicago  conven¬ 
tion,  September  27. 

(FROM  DENVER  REPUBLICAN.  SEPTEMBER  12.  1897.) 

TWENTY-ONE  DEAD  AND  FORTY  WOUNDED. 

AWFUL  RESULTS  OF  THE  FIRING  ON  STRIKERS  BY  DEPUTY 
SHERIFFS— OVER  ONE  HUNDRED  MEN,  ARMED  TO  THE 
TEETH,  WROUGHT  HAVOC  AMONG  THE  IGNORANT,  UN¬ 
ARMED  FOREIGNERS— THE  GOVERNOR  OF  THE  STATE 
ISSUES  A  PROCLAMATION  ORDERING  ALL  MOBS  TO  DIS¬ 
PERSE  TO  THEIR  HOMES  AT  ONCE— TWO  THOUSAND 
FIVE  HUNDRED  MILITIAMEN  ARE  AT  HAZLETON  TO  KEEP 
THE  PEACE— WARRANTS  SWORN  OUT  FOR  THE  ARREST 
OF  THE  SHERIFF  AND  HIS  DEPUTIES. 

Harrisburg,  Pa.,  September  11 — On  account  of  the 
horrible  slaughter  yesterday  afternoon  at  Latimer,  in  the 
coal  region,  the  governor  to-night  issued  the  following 
proclamation: 

“Whereas,  It  has  been  represented  1o  me  by  the 
proper  authorities  of  Luzerne  county  that  riotous  demon¬ 
strations  exist  in  various  sections  thereof,  whereby  the 
lives  and  property  and  the  peace  and  safety  of  the  people 
are  threatened,  and  which  the  civil  authorities  are  un¬ 
able  to  suppress;  and 

“Whereas,  The  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the  com¬ 
monwealth  authorize  and  require  the  governor,  whenever 


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it  may  become  necessary  to  employ  the  military  of  the 
state  to  suppress  domestic  violence  and  preserve  the 
peace. 

“Now,  therefore,  I,  Daniel  II.  Hastings,  governor  of 
the  commonwealth,  do  hereby  admonish  all  good  citizens 
and  all  persons  within  the  eye  and  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  commonwealth  against  aiding  or  abetting  any 
such  unlawful  proceedings,  and  I  do  hereby  notify  them 
that  the  lives  and  property  of  all  citizens  of  the  common¬ 
wealth  will  be  protected;  that  the  laws  will  be  enforced; 
that  the  humblest  citizen  will  be  protected  in  his  right 
to  earn  livelihood  and  in  the  enjoyment  of  his  home  and 
family;  and  that  the  safety  and  life  and  property  will 
be  guaranteed  on  all  occasions,  at  whatever  cost,  and 
I  do  hereby  command  all  persons  engaged  in  riotous 
demonstrations  and  unlawful  conduct  threatening  the 
peace  and  dignity  of  the  commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania 
to  disperse  forthwith  to  their  respective  places  of  abode, 
warning  them  that  persistence  in  violence  or  unlawful 
assemblage  will  compel  such  use  of  the  military  arm  of 
the  commonwealth  as  may  be  necessary  to  enforce  obedi¬ 
ence  to  the  lawrs  and  the  maintenance  of  good  order. 

“Given  under  my  hand  and  the  great  seal  of  the 
state,  at  Harrisburg,  this  11th  day  of  September,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety- 
seven,  and  of  the  commonwealth  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
second. 

“DANIEL  H.  HASTINGS. 

“By  the  governor: 

“J.  E.  BARNETT, 

“Acting  Secretary  to  the  Commonwealth.” 

(DENVER  REPUBLICAN,  SEPTEA1BER  12,  1897.) 

AN  ARMY  OF  MILITIAMEN  IN  HAZLETON  TO  PREVENT  ANY 
FURTHER  OUTBREAKS. 

Hazelton,  Pa.,  September  11 — Twenty-one  corpses  lie 
to-night  in  frame  shanties,  scattered  about  this  hill  top 
town.  Forty  maimed,  wounded  and  broken  figures  lay 
on  the  narrow  cots  of  the  Hazelton  hospital.  Of  these 
it  is  almost  a  certainty  that  five  will  be  added  to  the 
death  list  before  another  day  dawns.  Such  was  the  exe¬ 
cution  done  yesterday  afternoon  by  one  hundred  and  two 
deputy  sheriffs,  armed  to  the  teeth,  upon  about  one  lmn- 


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dred  and  fifty  ignorant  foreigners,  whose  total  armament 
consisted  of  two  little  pen  knives.  These  facts  are  undis¬ 
puted. 

Here  is  the  ghastly  roll  as  it  stands  to-night: 

The  dead : 

Andrew  Nickowski. 

John  Chobenski. 

Steve  Urch. 

A  n  d  r e  wt  Yerh  man . 

John  Franko. 

John  Zernawick. 

Frank  Kodet. 

John  Sheka. 

Anton  Greekio. 

John  Turnasvich. 

Andrew  Yurich,  all  of  Harwood. 

Andrew  Zimenski. 

Adam  Zimenski. 

John  Burksi. 

Stanley  Sagdrski. 

Sebastian  Bozostoski. 

John  Futa. 

Adelbert  Czata,  all  of  Crystal  Edge. 

Andrew  Collick. 

Bafael  Beckewicz,  of  Cranberry. 

The  injured  who  are  at  death’s  door  are: 

Clemens  Plotack. 

Casper  Dulass. 

John  Bonke. 

Andrew  Slaboni. 

Jacob  Tomashontas. 

Forty  others  are  badly  hurt,  including  John  Treible, 
a  deputy  sheriff. 

All  these  men  ranged  in  age  from  eighteen  to  forty- 
five  years,  all  foreigners — Hungarians,  Poles,  Lithunians 
and  Slavs. 

AN  EXCITING  DAY. 

The  situation  to-night  is  intense,  as  the  day  was 
full  of  events  and  incidents. 

First  and  foremost,  the  purpose  these  men  had  in 
view  when  their  march  received  its  tragic  end  was  con¬ 
summated.  The  one  thousand  five  hundred  workers  at 
the  Latimer  mines,  to  whom  they  were  bound  in  an  ef¬ 
fort  to  induce  them  to  join  the  strikers’  ranks  have  laid 


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down  tlieir  picks  and  sworn  to  do  no  more  work  until  all 
the  demands  of  all  the  men  at  all  the  mines  in  the  dis¬ 
trict  have  been  conceded. 

Next  in  importance  was  the  issuance  of  warrants 
this  afternoon  for  the  arrest  of  Sheriff  Martin  and  102 
deputies.  These  were  issued  at  the  instance  of  the 
United  Hungarian  societies.  They  were  made  out  in 
the  name  of  Joseph  Mahalte,  president  of  the  St.  George 
society,  of  which  nearly  all  the  dead  miners  were  mem¬ 
bers. 

Robert  P.  Riley,  manager  of  the  anthracite  detective 
agency,  took  charge  of  the  documents,  but  up  to  a  late 
hour  to-night  they  had  not  been  executed. 

SHERIFF  WELL  PROTECTED. 

Sheriff  Martin,  who  spent  last  night  at  his  Wilkes- 
barre  home  under  a  strong  guard,  came  to  Hazelton  this 
morning  with  the  Ninth  regiment  of  the  third  brigade. 
His  presence  in  the  town  was  not  knowrn  until  late  in  the 
day.  Then  it  was  found  that  he  was  still  under  the 
guardianship  of  the  soldiers  and  he  could  not  be  reached. 
This  afternoon  Constables  Airey  and  Gallagher  made  an 
effort  to  arrest  A.  E.  Hess,  who  led  one  company  of  the 
deputies  last  night,  but  he  had  sought  shelter  within 
the  military  lines  of  the  Ninth  regiment,  and  they  refused 
to  permit  the  constables  to  pass  the  guard.  The  war¬ 
rants  charged  murder,  assault  and  battery  and  threaten¬ 
ing  to  kill. 

A  third  event  of  no  less  importance  was  the  offer 
made  by  Superintendent  Lawall,  of  the  Lehigh  and 
Wilkesbarre  collieries,  to  grant  an  increase  of  10  per 
cent,  over  the  Lehigh  basis  to  the  men  of  the  company, 
about  2,000  in  number.  A  big  meeting  was  held  at  Mc- 
Adoo  in  the  afternoon  to  consider  this  offer,  and  after 
much  discussion  and  speechmaking  it  was  decided  to 
accept  the  proposition.  But  little  confidence  follows  this 
decision,  as  it  is  taken  for  granted  that  as  soon  as  the 
men  return  to  work  pressure  from  the  men  still  out  will 
be  brought  to  bear  to  restore  them  to  the  strikers’  ranks, 
and  it  is  admitted  that  there  will  be  no  resistance. 

SOME  STRONG  RESOLUTIONS. 

There  was  only  one  of  the  three  mass  meetings  held 
to-day.  Another  at  Harwood  adopted  resolutions, express¬ 
ing  sympathy  for  “our  murdered  brothers,  who  were  shot 
down  at  Latimer,”  and  continuing  in  this  fashion: 


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“For  years  we  have  been  oppressed  by  C.  Pardee  & 
Co.  by  the  payment  of  starvation  wages.  They  have  de¬ 
prived  us  of  our  liberty  by  compelling  us  to  deal  in  their 
company  store.  They  have  forced  us  to  purchase  powder 
at  five  times  its  actual  value,  and  have  otherwise  tyran¬ 
nized  us  in  ways  too  numerous  to  mention,  so  that  we 
are  no  longer  free  men,  but  slaves.  We  assembled  to¬ 
gether  peacefully  and  to  seek  redress  for  our  grievances. 
Not  one  man  among  us  was  armed.  Our  mission  was 
not  to  take  human  life,  nor  to  destroy  property,  but  to 
go  and  meet  our  fellow  employes  of  the  same  company 
at  Latimer,  who  were  in  sympathy  with  us.  We  were 
opposed  on  the  public  highway,  and  without  provocation 
were  shot  down  like  dogs. 

A  COWARDLY  MURDER. 

“Resolved,  That  wre  deplore  such  resistance  to  the 
right  to  assemble  and  march.  That  we  look  upon  such 
shooting  as  unprovoked  and  uncalled  for,  and  that  if  such 
slaughter  is  not  murder  in  law,  it  surely  must  be  before 
high  heaven.  That  we  denounce  such  action  by  the 
sheriff  and  his  deputies  as  cruel  and  wilful  and  cowardly 
murder. 

“We  place  ourselves  before  the  bar  of  public  opinion 
and  appeal  to  the  good  citizens  of  this  state  and  county, 
and  ask  them  if  there  was  justification  or  warrant  in  such 
assassination. 

“Resolved,  second,  That  we  extend  our  sympathy  to 
the  friends  and  relatives  of  those  who  have  fallen,  and 
pray  to  God  that  those  now  dead  will  live  in  our  mem¬ 
ories  as  martyrs  to  the  cause  of  down  trodden  labor.” 

The  third  meeting  was  the  most  largely  attended. 
It  began  at  Hazel  park  about  5  o’clock  this  afternoon 
and  adjourned  to  Donegal  hill,  an  open  place  at  one  end 
of  the  city,  where  it  was  in  progress  to-night. 

The  purpose  of  this  meeting  was  also  to  extend  sym¬ 
pathy  and  to  decide  upon  a  course  of  action  in  conse¬ 
quence  of  last  night’s  catastrophe. 

EXCITEMENT  IN  THE  CITY. 

Throughout  the  day  the  city  has  been  given  up  to 
excitement,  which,  by  its  suppressed  character,  has  been 
more  ominous  than  turbulence  would  have  been.  The  in¬ 
coming  of  the  state  troops,  which  began  at  an  early  hour 
this  morning,  served  to  cow  the  strikers  and  their  sym¬ 
pathizers,  and  no  further  demonstration  was  made  than 


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the  gathering  at  street  corners  of  knots  of  men  and  wo¬ 
men  in  muttered,  but  intense,  discussion  of  the  shooting. 
To-night  there  are  fully  2,500  soldiers  camping  in  town. 

(b'DITOMAL  IN  ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  NEWS,  SUNDAY,  SEPTEMBER  12.  1897.) 

WINCHESTERS  IN  PLAY. 

Blood  has  been  shed  in  the  coal  strike  in  Pennsyl¬ 
vania.  A  well-armed  band  of  deputy  sheriffs  fired  into 
an  unarmed  body  of  strikers,  and  they  fell  like  sheep  be¬ 
fore  the  well-directed,  murderous  aim  of  the  deputies. 
The  sheriff’s  only  explanation  of  the  order  to  fire  is  that 
the  strikers  were  a  desperate  lot  and  he  did  not  propose 
to  take  any  chances.  The  result  was  the  murder  of  these 
men  for  the  action  of  the  sheriff  can  be  given  no  other 
name. 

Who  are  responsible  for  the  presence  of  these  Hun¬ 
garians  among  the  coal  mines  of  Pennsylvania?  Who 
are  responsible  for  their  having  become  desperate?  The 
answer  to  these  questions  fixes  the  responsibility  of  Fri¬ 
day  s  slaughter  at  Latimore.  These  men  were  imported 
to  fill  the  places  of  American  miners  and  laborers  who 
could  not  live  at  the  wages  the  coal  operators  were  willing 
to  pay.  Having  displaced  American  labor,  these  im¬ 
ported  miners  find  themselves  subjected  to  worse  treat¬ 
ment  than  their  predecessors.  Their  wages  have  been 
reduced  down  to  the  starvation  point,  and  this  has  made 
them  desperate.  Hunger  will  make  a  brute  both  danger¬ 
ous  and  desperate— what  is  to  be  said  of  a  human  being? 
To  cow  these  men  into  submission  the  Winchester  has 
been  called  into  play,  and  its  deadly  work  was  well  at¬ 
tested  on  Friday. 

The  same  dose  that  was  given  to  these  Hungarian 
miners  at  Latimore  is  being  prepared  for  others.  To  work 
at  the  prescribed  wages  or  be  shot  down — this  is  the  al¬ 
ternative  to  which  they  are  coming,  unless  by  a  wise  dis¬ 
pensation  of  providence,  the  ballot  box  shall  unseat  the 
money  power  from  its  present  despotic  control  of  the 
country. 

There  is  nothing  in  the  telegraphic  reports  to  show 
that  the  sheriff  was  warranted  in  giving  the  order  to  fire: 
there  is  much  in  the  reports  to  show  that  he  should  not 
have  given  such  an  order.  Fnless  there  is  a  perfectlv 
fair  judicial  inquiry  into  this  needless  slaughter  of  un- 


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armed  men,  followed  by  adequate  punishment,  the  state 
of  Pennsylvania  will  be  disgraced  anew,  and  it  will  be 
made  the  harder  to  reply  to  the  assertions  of  those  who 
claim  that  for  the  poor  there  is  no  justice  in  that  state 
when  on  the  other  side  of  the  controversy  great  wealth 
and  influence  are  arrayed. 

“Government  by  injunction”  is  not  without  its  re¬ 
sponsibility  for  these  murders.  They  will  increase  the 
demand  that  the  assumptions  of  the  courts  shall  be 
curbed.  They  will  inspire  those  who  are  fighting  such 
assumptions. 


(DENVER  POST.  SATURDAY.  SEPTEMBER  11,1897.) 

THE  SLAUGHTER  AT  HAZLETON. 

The  graphic  story  printed  in  to-night’s  Post  of  the 
dreadful  killing  of  miners  at  Hazleton,  Pa.,  yesterday  af¬ 
ternoon,  can  not  be  read  without  a  quickening  of  the 
blood  and  a  feeling  of  sharp  indignation  against  the 
bloodthirsty  sheriff  and  his  gang  of  armed  deputies.  It 
is  quite  evident  that  the  slaughter  was  wholly  unjustifi¬ 
able.  The  men  had  been  allowed  to  march  and  gather 
together  ever  since  the  strike  began.  They  were  not  mo¬ 
lested,  not  even  warned,  and  yet,  if  it  was  wrong  to  march 
yesterday,  it  was  equally  wrong  to  march  a  month  ago. 
If  there  was  danger  to  the  public  peace,  it  was  the  sher¬ 
iff’s  duty  to  nip  it  in  the  incipient  stage.  But  he  did 
nothing  of  the  sort.  Finally  this  modern  Dogberry  pulled 
out  a  copy  of  the  riot  act  and  read  it  to  the  alien  multi¬ 
tude,  who  did  not  know  what  he  was  saying  or  doing. 
As  the  miners  did  not  promptly  disperse  when  this  verbal 
thunderbolt  was  hurled  at  them,  an  order  to  fire  was 
given  and  a  score  of  really  innocent  men  bit  the  dust  in 
the  shocking  slaughter  which  followed. 

It  is  a  horrible  tragedy,  and  from  this  distance  seems 
utterly  inexcusable.  No  wonder  the  citizens  gathered  in 
force  and  adopted  resolutions  severely  condemning  the 
crime  of  Sheriff  Martin  and  his  men.  Meanwhile  the 
troops  gather,  the  neighborhood  is  intensely  excited,  the 
spirit  of  bitter  revenge  is  abroad,  and  more  trouble  is 
ft»ared.  Thus  bad  begins  and  worse  remains  behind. 
These  official  murders  come  at  a  time  most  inopportune. 
The  settlement  of  the  great  strike  was  at  hand.  The  oper¬ 
ators  and  the  strike  leaders  were  coming  together,  the 
peaceable  end  was  in  sight,  and  one  hundred  thousand 


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167 


men  were  on  the  eve  of  returning  to  work  at  something 
approaching  “living”  wages.  The  bloody  action  of  a  fool 
sheriff  is  likely  to  put  an  end  to  all  this  and  revive  the 
feeling  of  bitterness  and  sense  of  wrong.  Public  sympa¬ 
thy  will  now  more  than  ever  be  aroused  in  the  interest 
of  the  laboring  people  of  Pennsylvania.” 

I  will  close  by  quoting  from  the  pamphlet  entitled, 
“A  Brief  History  of  the  Movement  to  Abolish  the  Slums 
of  Philadelphia  and  Provide  Decent  Homes  for  the  Poor,” 
published  by  Rabbi  Jos.  Krauskopf,  as  follows: 

“THE  BIGNESS  OF  TEXAS.” 

Of  the  vast  area  of  the  large  Western  states,  people 
who  have  not  visited  them  and  traveled  over  them  have 
no  comprehensive  idea.  Texas,  the  largest  of  the  United 
States,  has  an  area  of  265,780  square  miles.  To  the  casual 
reader  these  figures  mean  very  little.  They  show7,  how¬ 
ever,  that  the  Lone  Star  State  is  more  than  fifty-four 
times  as  large  as  the  state  of  Connecticut,  and  nearly  as 
large  as  Maine,  Vermont,  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts, 
Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Penn¬ 
sylvania,  Ohio  and  Illinois,  all  put  together.  To  those 
persons  who  have  never  stopped  to  consider  how  great  a 
country  they  are  living  in,  these  figures  may  be  of  inter¬ 
est.  The  man  who  fears  he  could  not  elbow  his  way 
around  in  the  crowded  West  without  chafing  the  nap  of 
his  coat  sleeves,  may  gather  some  solace  from  the  state¬ 
ment  that  the  entire  living  population  of  the  globe,  one 
billion  four  hundred  million  souls,  divided  into  families 
of  five  persons  each,  could  all  be  located  in  Texas,  each 
family  with  a  house  and  half-acre  lot,  and  there  would 
still  remain  fifty  million  vacant  family  lots. 

“THE  SLUMS.” 

Dost  thou  see  them,  Christian  brother? 

Weak  and  fallen,  steeped  in  sin. 

Have  ye  not  for  one  another. 

The  compassion  shown  by  Him? 

Where  are  Mercy,  Truth  and  Justice? 

Do  they  shun  this  task  divine? 

Not  the  righteous,  but  the  sinful, 

Christ  would  lead  to  life  sublime. 


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If  it  be  a  cup  of  water. 

Give  it  freely  “in  His  name,” 

The  All  Gracious  will  reward  thee 
With  a  glorious  crown  of  fame. 

Lend  to  them  the  hand  of  pity 
Kindly,  but  with  firm  reproof; 

Rather  than  upbraid  their  misery 

Teach  them  Christ,  and  Love,  and  Truth. 

Nobly,  then,  advance  to  help  them 
Further  right — the  cause  of  man — 

Are  ye  not  all  brother  creatures, 

Fashioned  by  one  Father’s  hand? 

Cast  away  your  pride,  ye  people, 

Rouse  ye  in  the  name  of  God, 

And  the  increase  of  His  blessing, 

Shall  be  thine  avengers’  rod. 


THE  CITY  OF  THE  PRESENT— A  WARNING. 

BY  JOHN  BOYLE  O’REILLY. 

A  city  of  palaces.  Yes,  that’s  true:  a  city  of  palaces 
built  for  trade. 

Look  down  this  street.  What  a  splendid  view  of  the 
temples  where  fabulous  gains  are  made. 

Just  glance  at  the  wealth  of  a  single  pile — the  marble 
pillars,  the  miles  of  glass, 

The  carving  and  cornice  in  gaudy  style,  the  massive  glow 
of  the  polished  brass — 

And  think  of  the  acres  of  the  inner  floors,  where  the 
wealth  of  the  world  is  spread  for  sale. 

Why,  the  treasure  enclosed  by  those  ponderous  doors  are 
richer  than  ever  a  fairy  tale. 

Pass  on  to  the  next,  it  is  still  the  same,  another  Aladdin 
the  scene  repeats. 

The  silks  are  unrolled,  and  the  jewels  flame  for  leagues 
and  leagues  of  the  city  streets. 

Now  turn  away  from  the  teeming  city,  and  pass  to  the 
homes  of  the  merchant  kings: 

With  squares  where  the  stately  porches  frown,  where 
the  flowers  are  brilliant  and  tin*  fountain  sings. 

Look  up  at  the  lights  in  that  brilliant  room,  with  its 
chandelier  of  a  hundred  flames. 


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See  the  carpeted  street  where  the  ladies  come  whose  hus¬ 
bands  have  millions  or  famous  names. 

For  whom  are  the  jewels  and  the  silks?  Behold,  on  those 
exquisite  bosoms  and  throats  they  burn: 

Art  challenges  nature  in  color  and  gold  and  the  gracious 
presence  of  every  turn. 

So  the  winter  flies  past  in  a  joyous  rout  and  the  summer 
brings  marvelous  retreats. 

These  are  civilized  wonders,  we're  finding  out,  as  wre  walk 
through  the  beautiful  city  streets. 

A  city  of  palaces.  Hush.  Not  quite;  a  city  where  pal¬ 
aces  are  is  best. 

No  need  to  speak  of  what’s  out  of  sight — let  us  take  what 
is  pleasant  and  leave  the  rest: 

The  men  of  the  city  who  travel  and  write,  whose  fame 
and  credit  are  known  abroad; 

The  people  who  move  in  the  ranks  polite;  the  cultured 
women  whom  all  applaud. 

It  is  true  there  is  only  ten  thousand  here,  but  the  other 
half  million  are  vulgar  clod; 

And  a  soul  well  bred  is  eternal  dear — it  counts  so  much 
more  on  the  books  of  God. 

The  others  have  use  in  their  place,  no  doubt;  but  why 
speak  of  a  class  one  never  meets? 

They  are  gloomy  things  to  be  talked  about,  these  common 
lives  of  the  city  streets. 

Well,  then,  if  you  will,  let  us  look  at  both:  let  us  weigh 
the  pleasure  against  the  pain, 

The  gentleman’s  smile  with  the  barroom  oath,  the  lumin¬ 
ous  square  with  the  tenement  lane. 

Look  around  you  now;  'tis  anofher  sphere  of  tliin-clad 
women  and  grimy  men; 

There  are  over  ten  thousand  huddled  here,  where  a  hun¬ 
dred  would  live  of  our  upper  ten. 

Take  care  of  that  child.  Here,  look  at  her  face;  a  baby 
who  carries  a  baby  brother ; 

They  are  early  helpers  in  this  poor  place,  and  the  infant 
must  often  nurse  the  mother. 

Come  up  those  stairs  where  the  little  ones  went:  where 
they  groped  and  climbed  in  the  dark, 

Where  are  dozens  of  homes  on  the  steep  ascent,  and 
homes  that  are  filled  with  children.  Hark! 


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Did  you  hear  that  laugh,  with  its  manly  tones,  and  the 
joj'ous  ring  of  the  baby  voice? 

Tis  the  father  who  gathers  his  little  ones,  the  nurse  and 
her  brother,  and  all  rejoice. 

Yes,  human  nature  is  much  the  same  when  you  come  to 
the  heart  and  count  its  beats: 

The  workman  is  proud  of  his  home’s  dear  name  as  the 
richest  man  on  the  city  streets. 

God  pity  them  all.  God  pity  the  worst.  For  the  worst 
are  reckless,  and  need  it  most. 

When  we  trace  the  causes  why  lives  are  cursed  with  the 
criminal  taint,  let  no  man  boast: 

The  race  is  not  run  with  an  equal  chance:  the  poor  man's 
son  carries  double  weight; 

Who  have  not,  are  tempted;  inheritance  is  a  blight  or  a 
blessing  of  man’s  estate. 

No  wonder  that  poor  men  sometimes  sweep  the  prize 
from  the  sons  of  the  millionaires: 

What  is  good  to  win  must  be  good  to  keep,  else  the  virtue 
dies  on  the  topmost  stair. 

When  the  winners  can  keep  their  golden  prize,  still  darker 
the  day  for  the  laboring  poor; 

The  strong  and  the  selfish  are  sure  to  rise,  while  the  sim¬ 
ple  and  generous  die  obscure. 

And  these  are  the  virtues  and  the  social  gifts,  by  which 
progress  and  poverty  rank  over  man. 

Look  there,  O  woe!  where  a  lost  soul  drifts  on  the  stream 
where  such  virtues  ever  ran : 

Stand  close,  let  her  pass;  from  a  tenement  room  and  a 
reeking  shop  graduate: 

If  a  man  were  to  break  the  iron  loom,  or  the  press  she 
tended,  he  knows  his  fate; 

But  her  life  may  be  broken — she  stands  alone — her  pov¬ 
erty  stings,  and  her  guileless  feet 

Not  long  since  kissed  as  a  father’s  own,  are  dragged  in 
the  mire  of  the  pitiless  stream. 

Come  back  to  the  light,  for  my  brain  goes  wrong  when  I 
see  the  sorrows  that  can’t  be  cured. 

If  this  is  all  righteous,  why  prolong  the  pain  for  a  thing 
that  must  be  endured? 

We  can  never  have  palaces  built  without  slaves,  nor  lux¬ 
uries  served  without  ill-paid  toil; 

Society  flourishes  only  on  graves,  the  mortal  graves  in 
the  lowly  soil. 


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The  earth  was  not  made  for  its  people — that  even  has 
been  bounded  down  as  a  social  crime; 

The  meaning  of  life  is  to  barter  and  buy,  and  the  strong¬ 
est  and  shrewdest  are  masters  of  time. 

God  made  the  million  to  serve  the  few,  and  their  ques¬ 
tions  of  right  are  vain  conceits; 

To  have  one  sweet  home  that  is  safe  and  true,  ten  garrets 
must  reek  in  the  darkened  streets. 

’Tis  civilization,  so  they  say,  and  it  can  not  be  changed 
for  the  weakness  of  men. 

Take  care!  Take  care!  ’tis  a  desperate  way  to  goad  the 
wolf  to  the  end  of  its  den. 

Take  heed  of  your  civilization,  ye  on  your  pyramids  built 
of  quivering  hearts; 

There  are  stages  like  Paris  in  ’93,  where  the  commonest 
men  play  most  terrible  parts. 

Your  statues  may  crush  but  they  can  not  kill  the  patient 
sense  of  a  natural  right; 

It  may  slowly  move,  but  the  people’s  will,  like  the  ocean 
o’er  Holland,  is  always  in  sight. 

“It  is  not  our  fault,”  say  the  rich  ones.  No,  ’tis  the  fault 
of  a  system  old  and  strong; 

But  men  are  the  makers  of  systems,  so  the  cure  will  come 
if  we  own  the  wrong. 

It  will  come  in  peace  if  the  right  man  lead;  it  will  sweep 
in  storm  if  it  be  denied; 

The  law  to  bring  justice  is  always  decreed,  and  on  every 
hand  are  the  warnings  cried. 

Take  heed  of  your  progress!  Its  feet  have  trod  on  the 
souls  it  slew  with  its  own  pollutions. 

Submission  is  good,  but  the  order  of  God  may  flame  the 
torch  of  the  revolution. 

Beware  with  your  classes.  Men  are  men,  and  a  cry  in  the 
night  is  a  fearful  teacher; 

When  it  reaches  the  hearts  of  the  masses,  then,  they  need 
but  the  sword  for  a  judge  and  a  preacher. 

Take  heed.  For  your  Juggernaut  pushes  hard:  God 
holds  the  doom  that  its  day  completes; 

It  will  dawn  like  a  fire  when  the  track  is  barred  by  a  bar¬ 
ricade  in  the  city  streets. 

While  Sutta  has  been  reading  the  immense  audience 

was  so  absorbed  with  the  ideas  presented  that  the  silence 

was  profound,  and  the  only  evidence  of  life  was  the  voice 


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of  the  speaker.  When  he  had  finished  they  all,  with  one 
accord,  rose  to  their  feet,  clapping  their  hands  and  wav¬ 
ing  their  handkerchiefs,  while  enthusiastic  calls  were 
made  for  three  cheers  for  the  New  Era  Union  and  New’ 
Era  Model  City.  Miss  Willard  calls  on  all  those  present 
on  the  platform  to  rise  and  unite  their  voices  together 
in  proposing  the  cheers,  which  they  do  with  a  wall;  then 
the  immense  audience  respond  with  three  cheers  for  the 
New  Era  Union  and  New  Era  Model  City  that  nearly 
raises  the  roof,  so  tremendously  hearty  is  it.  They  then 
all  take  their  seats,  when  an  old  colored  woman  in  the 
audience  stands  up  and  with  a  trembling  voice  and 
streaming  eyes  tells  of  a  vision  she  has  just  seen  while 
the  people  were  cheering.  She  says  the  heavens  seemed 
to  open  suddenly  with  a  dazzling  burst  of  many  beauti¬ 
ful  colored  lights  and  joyful  music,  and  she  saw’  a  grand 
beautiful  white  city  with  throngs  of  happy  and  beautiful 
people  therein. 

Miss  Willard  then  says  that  the  friends  from  abroad 
who  are  on  the  platform  wmuld  now’  be  called  upon  to 
show  that  the  New7  Era  Union  and  New7  Era  Model  City 
is  for  all  the  world  to  help  establish  universal  peace, 
happiness  and  prosperity.  She  then  calls  for  Count 
Tolstoi  to  make  a  few  remarks.  While  the  colored  woman 
has  been  speaking.  Count  Tolstoi,  W.  T.  Stead,  Gen. 
Booth,  Lady  Somerset,  Edward  Bellamy,  ex-Gov.  Waite 
and  Mr.  Flower  have  been  whispering  together.  Count 
Tolstoi  advances  to  the  front  of  the  platform  amid  the 
earnest  and  prolonged  applause  and  cheers  and  waving 
of  handkerchiefs  of  the  entire  audience.  He  says: 

“My  dear  brothers  and  sisters,  this  occasion  is  too 
serious,  too  sacred,  too  sublime  for  any  idle  words.  It 
is  the  time  for  action.  Our  dear  friend,  Mr.  Stead,  who 
is  such  a  heroic  worker  for  humanity,  suggests  that  we 
invite  volunteers  to  go  through  this  audience  and  take 
the  name  of  everyone  who  is  willing  to  become  a  trustee 
to  help  organize  the  New  Era  Union.  As  I  am  aware 
of  the  wonderful  ability  of  our  friend.  Stead,  as  an  or¬ 
ganizer,  T  will  request  him  to  take  my  place  and  make 
a  further  request  of  you  that  wre  have  decided  should  now 
be  made.  I  will  call  on  Mr.  Stead  to  address  you.”  (Rows 
and  takes  his  seat  amid  prolonged  applause.  Mr.  Stead 
comes  to  (lie  front  of  the  platform  and  is  greeted  with 
applause  and  the  handkerchief  salute,  and  says:) 


For  All  Who  Work  for  the  New  Kra  Union.  173 

"While  the  friends  who  have  kindly  volunteered  will 
go  through  the  audience  and  take  the  names  of  those 
who  will  become  trustees,  I  suggest  that  all  who  are 
willing  to  act  as  a  committee  to  arrange,  as  soon  as  pos¬ 
sible,  for  grand  mass  meetings  to  be  held  in  every  city 
of  the  l  nited  States,  to  formally  present  these  plans  for 
the  New  Era  Union  and  New  Era  Model  City  to  the 
public,  to  meet  together  at  the  close  of  this  meeting  in 
the  adjoining  room.  Now  I  want  to  have  all  wdio  are 
willing  to  serve  on  that  committee  hold  up  your  right 
hand.  (Nearly  everyone  in  the  hall  responds  by  hold- 
ing  up  their  hand.)  Grand.  This  means  business.  Now, 
I  want  to  help  the  collectors  by  asking  all  those  in  the 
audience  who  are  willing  to  become  trustees  and  pay 
their  one  hundred  dollars  or  more  to  stand  up.  (Nearly 
everyone  in  the  immense  audience  stands  up.  Over  one 
hundred  people  have  volunteered  to  take  the  names  and 
they  are  rapidly  going  through  the  audience.  Stead  says :) 
We  have  decided  among  ourselves  here  on  the  plat¬ 
form  not  to  take  any  time  in  speaking  now,  but  to  call 
a  grand  mass  meeting  here  in  this  city  or  New  York  one 
week  from  to-day,  and  then  give  an  opportunity  for  all 
who  desire  to  say  what  they  think  about  these  plans  of 
Mr.  Sutta’s  for  the  Newr  Era  Union  and  the  Grand  New 
Era  Model  City.  As  for  myself,  I  am  rejoicing  in  every 
fiber  of  my  being  that  I  came  over  here.  You  Americans 
are  hustlers,  and  go  in  for  results,  and  do  not  need  so 
much  red  tape  as  we  do  in  England.  If  you  go  ahead 
with  this  Grand  New  Era  Model  City  to  build  it  right 
away,  as  I  am  sure  you  will,  I  may  come  over  here  and 
help  you;  and  if  you  do  I  shall  want  to  apply  for  the 
position  of  editor  of  the  New  Era  Union  daily  paper  and 
will  guarantee  that  in  a  few  months  we  will  have  a  daily 
circulation  of  one  million  copies,  or  one  to  nearlv  every 
available  family  in  the  United  States,  even  if  we  have  to 
mail  them  to  them  free.  Lady  Somerset,  are  you  going 
back  on  old  England  and  try  to  get  in  on  the  ground 
floor  of  the  New  Era  Model  City  here  in  the  United 
States?”  (Takes  his  seat  amid  prolonged  applause.  Lady 
Somerset  comes  forward  and  is  greeted  with  enthusiastic 
applause  and  the  handkerchief  salute,  and  says:) 

“Yes,  my  dear  brothers  and  sisters,  I  will  only  be 
too  glad  to  help  all  I  can  in  this  grand  work  of  organiz¬ 
ing  the  New  Era  Union  and  building  this  Grand  New 
Era  Model  City,  and  if  I  can  do  more  good  bv  coming 


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here  to  the  United  States  to  live  I  shall  certainly  do  it, 
although  1  hope  we  can  start  a  branch  of  the  New  Era 
Union  in  England  and  build  a  New  Era  Model  City  there. 
(Prolonged  applause.)  What  do  you  say,  Gen.  Booth,  to 
trying  to  organize  a  New  Era  Union  and  building  a  New 
Era  Model  City  in  England?”  (Takes  her  seat  while  the 
audience  unite  in  giving  three  hearty  cheers  for  old 
England.  Gen.  Booth  conies  forward  with  tears  stream¬ 
ing  down  his  face  and  is  greeted  with  hearty  and  pro¬ 
longed  applause  and  the  handkerchief  salute,  and  says:) 

“My  dear  brothers  and  sisters,  I  am  too  full  for 
utterance;  my  heart  is  overflowing.  This  is  too 
grand  to  be  true.  Here  we  people  of  the  Salvation  Army 
have  been  laboring  night  and  day  for  years  to  help  our 
fellow  man  in  distress,  and  we  have  considered  ourselves 
lucky  if  we  could  only  give  them  shelter  even  in  the 
slums  of  the  large  cities,  while  here  these  grand  plans 
of  Mr.  Sutta’s  propose  to  give  everyone  a  comfortable 
home  with  all  modern  conveniences,  while  even  the  most 
humble  workman  and  woman  can  enjoy  nearly  all  the 
delights  that  the  rich  people  have.  The  most  humble 
resident  of  this  Model  City  can  enjoy  the  parks,  boule¬ 
vards,  roof  gardens,  delightful  amusements  and  com¬ 
plete  instruction,  and  be  sure  of  congenial  employment 
under  the  most  perfect  conditions  and  in  model  build¬ 
ings,  utilizing  every  comfort,  convenience  and  modern 
improvement.  As  I  say,  it  is  almost  too  good  to  be  true. 
But  still  I  know  it  can  all  be  accomplished,  and  with 
the  wonderful  energy  and  enthusiasm  with  which  you 
Americans  do  things  I  expect  to  see  it  all  realized  in  a 
very  few  years.  As  has  been  said:  ‘According  to  our 
faith  it  shall  be  done  unto  us,’  but  ‘Faith  without  works 
availeth  nothing,’  so  that  it  is  necessary  to  go  to  work 
right  away.  There  is  where  we  people  of  the  Salvation 
Army  have  the  advantage  of  the  rest  of  you.  We  have 
for  years  been  praying  and  working  for  such  grand 
ideals  as  the  New  Era  Union  and  the  New  Era  Model 
City,  and  we  know  that  God  wants  us  to  enjoy  such 
grand  blessings.  We  must  simply  do  our  part  according 
to  the  laws  of  justice  and  reciprocity. 

“Lady  Somerset  asks  me  if  I  will  help  to  organize  the 
New  Era  Union  and  build  a  New  Era  Model  City  in 
England.  I  suppose  she  takes  me  for  an  Englishman. 
T  want  to  say  right  here  I  am  something  more  than  an 
Englishman:  I  am  now  a  New  Erian,  a  brother  of  the  New 


For  All  Who  Work  for  Ike  New  Era  Union. 


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Era  Union,  which  means  that  I  will  claim  kinship  with 
every  American,  Irishman,  Frenchman,  German,  Span¬ 
iard,  Italian,  Russian,  Turk,  Jew,  Christian,  Buddhist, 
Mohammedan,  Brahmin,  Spiritualist,  Free  Thinker  and 
every  other  mortal  on  this  earth  who  joins  the  New  Era 
Union.  But  I  will  reply  to  Lady  Somerset  by  saying 
that  instead  of  merely  helping  to  organize  the  New  Era 
Lmion  and  build  model  cities  in  England,  I  will  pledge 
every  member  of  the  Salvation  Army  throughout  the 
world  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  organize  the  New  Era 
Union  and  help  build  New  Era  Model  Cities  in  every 
country  of  the  world.  (Prolonged  applause.  Takes  out 
his  pocket  book  and  selects  bill.)  Here,  Mr.  Sutta,  is 
my  one  hundred  dollars,  for  I  want  to  have  the  honor 
of  being  a  trustee  as  well  as  a  brother  of  the  New  Era 
Union,  and  I  hope  some  day  to  be  a  full  fledged  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  Union.  This  is  the  time  for  action  for  all  who 
want  to  see  the  Grand  New  Era  Model  City  realized.” 
(Retires  amid  prolonged  and  very  enthusiastic  applause. 
Waite  comes  forward  and  proposes  three  cheers  for 
Gen.  Booth  and  the  Salvation  Army,  which  are  given 
with  a  rousing  will.) 

MRS.  LEASE.  I  want  to  become  one  of  the  trus¬ 
tees  as  well  as  a  sister  of  the  New  Era  Union.  (Takes 
out  her  pocketbook.)  Here  is  my  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  I  also  propose  to  be  a  member  of  the  JTnion  as  soon 
as  I  can  make  arrangements  to  give  up  my  other  work.” 
(Takes  seat  amid  prolonged  applause.  Count  Tolstoi 
rises  and  says:) 

“Here  is  my  one  hundred  dollars,  Mr.  Sutta;  I  will 
pay  this  now  as  the  first  instalment,  as  I  will  consider 
it  a  great  privilege  to  be  one  of  the  trustees  in  this 
grand  work.  As  soon  as  I  get  home  to  Russia  I  pro¬ 
pose  to  organize  the  New  Era  LTnion  there,  and  shall 
be  the  first  to  join  the  Union,  and  will  devote  all  my 
income  and  time  to  the  work.  I  know  of  thousands 
of  grand  souls  in  Russia  who  will  also  do  the  same,  so 
that  you  Americans,  I  beg  pardon,  my  dear  brother  and 
sister  New  Erians  of  America,  you  had  better  hurry  up 
with  your  grand  Model  City,  as  we  will  get  ahead  of 
you  and  build  it  first.  Then  you  will  all  have  to  come 
to  Russia  and  live.”  (Retires  amid  hearty  and  prolonged 
applause.  Lady  Somerset,  who  has  taken  her  check 
book  from  her  bag  and  written  a  check,  says:) 


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‘‘Here  is  my  check  for  $10,000,  Mr.  Sutta;  I  want 
to  be  one  of  the  trustees,  as  well  as  a  sister  of  the  New 
Era  Union,  and  like  Count  Tolstoi,  as  soon  as  I  get 
home  to  England  shall  help  organize  the  New  Era  Union 
there  by  devoting  all  my  income  and  time  to  the  work.” 
(Takes  seat  amid  long  and  hearty  applause.) 

FLOWER.  I  propose  three  cheers  for  Lady  Somer¬ 
set  and  grand  old  England.  (Which  are  given  with  a 
hearty  will.) 

BOOTH.  That  shows  the  wonderful  perfection  of 
the  plans  of  Mr.  Sutta’s.  You  pay  $10,000,  Lady  Somer¬ 
set,  because  you  are  rich,  while  we  poor  people  are  still 
your  brothers  and  sisters,  and  if  we  comply  with  the 
proper  conditions  of  our  various  degrees,  can  be  in  good 
standing  as  well  as  you. 

BELLAMY.  Here  is  my  hundred  dollars,  Mr.  Sutta, 
and  I  apply  to  join  the  New  Era  Union  right  now,  and 
will  comply  with  the  conditions  and  make  the  necessary 
arrangements  to  begin  the  work  as  soon  as  possible. 
(Prolonged  applause.) 

STEAD.  Here  is  my  check  for  $1,000,  and  if  I  do 
not  come  to  the  United  States  I  shall  help  Lady  Somer¬ 
set  organize  the  New  Era  Union  in  England,  and  will 
join  the  Union  just  as  soon  as  possible,  and  I  warn  you 
here  in  America  and  our  dear  brother.  Count  Tolstoi, 
that  you  will  have  to  hustle,  or  old  England  will  get 
ahead  of  you  all  by  building  the  Grand  New  Era  Model 
City  first.  Our  dear  friend,  Blatchford,  in  his  book 
called  “Merrie  England,”  has  given  us  such  a  grand 
ideal  and  shown  us  how  simple  and  easy  it  will  be  to 
attain  all  the  delightful  things,  that  I  think  our  people 
are  about  ready  to  organize  and  go  to  work  in  earnest  to 
realize  them.  (Prolonged  applause.) 

SUTTA.  (Rises  with  tears  streaming  down  his  face, 
and  says:)  You  make  me  happier  than  words  can  ex¬ 
press.  I  realize  that  the  day  of  emancipation  is  really  at 
hand  for  all  our  down  trodden  and  oppressed  brothers 
and  sisters  all  over  the  world,  and  that  it  will  not  be 
long  until  every  child  born  into  this  world  will  be  en¬ 
abled  to  enjoy  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  to  the 
fullest  extent  that  they  are  capable  of.  Of  course,  as 
you  all  should  understand,  this  money  should  not  be 
handed  to  me.  I  have  no  more  right  to  it  and  no  more 
use  for  it  than  any  other  person  who  has  joined  the  New 


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Era  Union.  The  Old  Colony  Trust  Company,  one  of  the 
most  reliable  and  strongest  institutions  in  Boston,  will 
be  treasurer  until  the  trustees  appoint  a  successor.  I 
am  thankful  there  is  such  a  prompt  response  to  these 
suggestions  1  have  presented  for  the  New  Era  Union 
and  the  New  Era  Model  City,  and  I  believe  that  if  the 
committee  that  our  dear  brother,  Mr.  Stead,  has  been 
so  good  to  propose,  goes  ahead  enthusiastically  and  or¬ 
ganizes  mass  meetings  in  every  city  and  town  of  the 
United  States  promptly  and  rapidly,  that  indeed  we  will 
have  the  grand  jubilee  next  July  and  have  over  one 
million  people  present. 

Miss  Willard  proposes  three  cheers  for  our  dear 
brother,  T.  A.  Sutta,  the  author  of  the  plans  of  the 
New  Era  Union  and  New  Era  Model  City,  to  attain  peace, 
happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  mortals  in  harmony  with 
the  laws  of  justice  and  reciprocity.  Every  one  stands 
and  cheers  with  all  their  will,  and  wave  their  handker¬ 
chiefs,  presenting  a  grand  and  inspiring  sight.  Sutta 
rises  and  bows  his  thanks.  One  of  the  volunteers  to 
take  names  through  the  audience  calls  out,  holding  aloft 
in  her  hands  two  slips  of  paper,  and  says: 

“I  hold  in  my  hand  an  application,  signed  by  Miss 
Fair,  applying  for  membership  in  the  New  Era  Union, 
and  pledging  all  her  time  1o  the  work.  She  has  also 
handed  me  a  check,  made  payable  to  the  financial  sec¬ 
retary  of  the  New  Era  Union,  for  $1,000  as  the  first  in¬ 
stallment  on  account.” 

Intense  and  prolonged  applause.  Mr.  Sutta  jumps 
up  and  says: 

“I  propose  three  cheers  for  Miss  Fair,  the  daughter 
and  sister  of  the  Golden  West,  who  has  so  nobly  and 
promptly  responded  to  the  opportunity  to  help  all  man¬ 
kind  enjoy  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity.” 

The  cheers  are  given  with  a  hearty  will,  the  people 
rising  from  their  seats  and  waving  their  handkerchiefs. 

Mrs.  Lease,  who  is  also  weeping  tears  of  joy,  rises 
and  says: 

“This  shows  what  can  be  done  when  the  proper  op¬ 
portunity  is  afforded.  Also  how  important  it  is  to  act 
promptly  when  the  occasion  demands  prompt  action,  as 
this  does.  If  we  were  informed  that  the  city  of  Boston 
was  on  fire,  or  that  an  enemy's  fleet  had  landed  on  our 
shores,  we  would  act  promptly.  And  how  vastly  more 
important  it  is  to  act  promptly  when  the  opportunity 
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is  so  grandly  and  completely  given  in  the  plans  for  the 
New  Era  Union  and  Model  City,  to  help  all  our  brothers 
and  sisters  all  over  the  world  eventually  to  enjoy  all 
the  delights  and  advantages  that  an  All  Wise  and  Loving 
Creator  has  provided  for  all  who  will  make  the  condi¬ 
tions  to  receive  them.  Miss  Fair's  action  also  shows 
that  delays  are  dangerous,  for  I  was  intending  to  apply 
myself  for  the  first  woman  membership  in  the  New  Era 
Union,  and  w  ill  do  so  now,  and  hereby  agree  to  comply 
with  all  the  conditions  as  soon  as  possible.” 

MRS.  WALLACE.  It  seems  to  me  the  only  just 
and  reasonable  plan  is  that  the  first  to  act  promptly 
are  certainly  entitled  to  the  first  advantages,  and  neces¬ 
sarily  must  assume  the  chief  responsibility  in  starting 
so  important  and  grand  a  work.  I  feel  sure  that  these 
plans  of  Mr.  Sutta’s  are  so  perfect  that  they  will  not  be 
changed  in  any  important  detail,  but  only  be  added  to 
as  experience  will  enable  us  to  do  so  to  tne  best  welfare 
of  all  concerned.  I  understand.  Mr.  Sutta,  that  you  have 
already  lived  and  worked  in  the  slums  of  New  York, 
Boston,  Philadelphia  and  Chicago  for  over  three  years, 
and  have  devoted  your  entire  time  and  income  to  this 
work.  You  should  be  the  first  to  be  honored  as  supreme 
trustee. 

SUTTA.  1  am  ready  to  do  all  I  can  to  help  in  the 
work  for  no  other  compensation  than  a  plain  living  and 
necessary  expenses,  but  I  do  not  desire  any  position  of 
honor  or  responsibility,  and  would  much  prefer  that  those 
who  have  more  ability  and  experience  than  I  should 
act  as  the  supreme  trustee.  I  am  eager  and  ready  to  help 
all  I  can  without  the  official  position. 

MISS  WILLARD.  I  protest  against  any  such  ac¬ 
tion  on  your  part,  Mr.  Sutta,  and  1  feel  sure  every  one 
interested  in  seeing  these  plans  realized  will  do  the 
same.  I  think  you  should  be  elected  the  supreme  trus¬ 
tee,  as  you  are  naturally  the  one  most  entitled  to  and 
capable  of  tilling  that  position,  having  spent  years  of 
hard  work  and  study  to  perfect  these  plans.  I  feel  sure 
it  is  a  duty  for  you  to  accept  the  position,  and  hope  that 
you  w  ill  be  selected  as  our  first  supreme  trustee. 

SUTTA.  It  is  very  kind  of  you,  Miss  Willard,  to 
show  such  appreciation  of  my  work,  but  1  am  quite  sure 
there  are  many  others  far  more  competent  to  fill  these 
places  than  I,  and  I  insist  on  withholding  my  applica- 


For  All  Who  Work  for  the  New  Era  Union. 


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tion  for  membership  until  they  are  filled,  as  I  can  still 
do  my  duty  by  working  just  as  hard  and  perhaps  as 
effectually  without  the  official  position. 

A  number  of  others  on  the  platform  and  in  the  audi¬ 
ence  also  expressed  decided  opinions  that  Mr.  Sutta 
should  be  the  first  supreme  trustee,  but  he  again  assures 
them  that  he  does  not  consider  it  his  duty.  The  collectors 
have  now  completed  their  canvass  of  the  entire  audience 
and  handed  in  the  results  of  their  work,  showing  many 
names  and  checks,  some  for  very  large  amounts,  to 
Miss  Willard,  who  announces  that  the  result  will  be 
given  to  the  public  in  the  morning  papers.  She  then 
asks  the  audience  to  stand,  and  each  one  who  is  dis¬ 
posed  to,  to  engage  in  a  silent  prayer  or  appeal  for  the 
blessing  of  the  All  Highest,  the  Creator,  upon  the  New 
Era  Union  and  New  Era  Model  City,  tliat  they  may  in 
a  short  time  become  a  grand  and  complete  reality  and 
success,  helping  to  afford  peace,  happiness  and  pros¬ 
perity  for  all  mortals  here  on  earth,  in  harmony  with 
the  laws  of  justice  and  reciprocity.  They  all  respond 
to  this  request,  and  then,  finally,  in  closing,  all  unite  in 
giving  three  rousing  cheers  for  the  New  Era  Union  and 
New  Era  Model  City,  and  for  the  grand  jubilee  at  the 
dedication  next  July  2,  3  and  4. 


FINIS. 


NEW  ERA. 


Tlie  book  “New  Era”  contains  a  number  of  very 
important  ideas,  among  them  being  those  of  the  leading 
reformers  and  humanitarians  of  this  world. 

The  author  has  given  years  of  hard  study  and  work 
to  the  question,  “How  can  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity 
be  attained  by  all  human  beings  on  a  basis  of  justice  and 
reciprocity?”  and  believes  that  the  plans  presented  in 
“New  Era”  will  help  to  attain  that  object. 

To  induce  as  many  people  as  possible  to  read  and 
study  the  plan  contained  in  “New  Era,”  in  as  short  a 
time  as  possible,  a  prize  fund  for  each  state  in  which 
the  book  is  sold,  will  be  established,  by  depositing  with 
some  responsible  trust  company  or  bank,  ten  cents  per 
copy  in  general  mortgage  bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union, 
for  each  copy  of  the  book  sold  within  your  state,  said 
bonds  bearing  interest  at  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  prin¬ 
cipal  and  interest  payable  in  gold,  which  prize  fund  will 
be  distributed  on  the  following  equitable  plan: 

Each  person  purchasing  a  copy  of  “New  Era”  will 
be  given  a  receipt  which  will  entitle  him  to  compete 
for  the  prizes  on  the  following  terms:  The  author  of 
“New  Era”  will  put  in  writing  his  opinion  of  the  most 
important  part  of  the  book  “New  Era,”  giving  the  num¬ 
ber  of  the  page  or  pages  on  which  it  is  printed,  and  his 
reasons  why  it  is  the  most  important,  in  not  over  one  hun¬ 
dred  and  fifty  words,  place  same  in  an  envelope,  se¬ 
curely  seal  it  and  deposit  this  sealed  envelope  in  a  box  fit¬ 
ted  with  three  keys,  requiring  all  three  to  open, one  key  to 
be  held  by  some  responsible  trust  company  or  bank,  one 
byhimself,  and  one  by  some  prominent  reliable  third  party, 
all  making  affidavit  not  to  allow  the  key  to  pass  from 
their  possession  or  to  be  used  to  open  the  box  until  the 
day  appointed  to  award  the  prizes.  Each  person  hold¬ 
ing  a  receipt  for  a  copy  of  “New  Era”  shall  have  the 
right  to  give  his  or  her  opinion  as  to  what  is  the  most 
important  part  of  the  book,  the  page  or  pages  on  which 
it  is  printed,  and  to  give  the  reasons  why  it  is  the  most 
important,  the  same  to  be  in  writing,  in  not  over  one 
hundred  and  fifty  words,  to  be  put  in  an  envelope  with 
the  receipt  for  a  copy  of  “New  Era,”  sealed  and  mailed 
or  delivered  to  New  Era  Union,  California  Building. 
Denver,  Colorado,  to  be  held  unopened  until  one  mil¬ 
lion  copies  have  been  sold  or  until  the  1st  day  of  July, 
1898,  all  envelopes  so  mailed  or  delivered  to  be  clearly 
marked  “New  Era  Prize  Contest.” 

As  soon  as  one  million  copies  of  the  book  have  been 


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sold,  or  on  the  1st  day  of  July,  1898,  the  governor  of 
your  state,  or  some  eminent  man,  will  appoint  a  com¬ 
mittee  of  three  prominent  persons  of  undoubted  integrity 
to  superintend  the  awarding  of  the  prize  fund  of  your 
state. 

In  order  to  give  all  purchasers  equal  opportunity  in 
the  competition  for  the  prizes,  no  guesses  will  be  re¬ 
ceived  before  thirty  days  after  the  appointment  of  the 
general  agent  for  your  state  for  the  sale  of  the  book, 
but  on  the  thirtieth  day  after  such  appointment,  guesses 
as  provided  above  will  be  received  at  the  New  Era  Union, 
Denver,  Colorado,  which  will  be  numbered  and  stamped 
in  the  order  of  their  receipt  and  held  unopened  until  one 
million  copies  of  the  book  shall  have  been  sold,  or  until 
July  1,  1898. 

As  soon  as  possible  after  its  appointment,  the  com¬ 
mittee,  together  with  the  general  agent  of  your  state  and 
a  representative  of  the  depository  of  the  letters,  will  meet 
and  open  the  same,  and  read  and  compare  with  the 
opinion  of  the  author  the  guesses  received,  in  the  exact 
order  of  their  receipt,  as  indicated  by  the  numbers  and 
date  of  receipt  stamped  on  each  envelope,  there  shall  be 
awarded  to  each  person  whose  guess  corresponds  with 
the  opinion  of  the  author  as  recorded  in  his  letter,  one 
hundred  dollars  in  bonds  of  the  New  Era  Union,  to  the 
extent  of  the  prize  fund  in  your  state,  and  in  the  order 
of  the  opening  of  the  letters  as  above  arranged,  and  when 
the  prize  fund  is  exhausted  the  distribution  shall  cease 
and  determine.  If  the  number  of  correct  solutions  on 
the  basis  of  the  comparison  herein  provided  shall  be  less 
than  sufficient  to  absorb  the  entire  prize  fund  for  your 
state,  then  the  bonds  remaining  in  said  fund  shall  be 
distributed  pro  rata  to  the  extent  of  the  fund,  among 
those  who  have  guessed  correctly.  All  prizes  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  address  of  those  entitled  to  receive 
them;  great  care  should  be  therefore  taken  to  write  the 
name  and  address  distinctly. 

Every  possible  means  will  be  taken  to  sell  one  mil¬ 
lion  copies  of  “New. Era,”  by  appointing  a  general  agent 
in  each  state,  who  will  appoint  a  district  agent  for  each 
one  hundred  thousand  people,  a  local  agent  for  each  ten 
thousand,  and  solicitors  for  each  one  thousand;  so  that 
the  field  should  all  be  thoroughly  covered  before  Jan¬ 
uary  1,  1898. 

All  purchasers  of  “New  Era”  who  correctly  guess 
the  opinion  of  the  author  as  to  the  most  important  part 
of  the  book,  shall  be  enlisted  as  captains  of  the  New  Era 
Union,  and  put  at  work  in  that  division  at  ten  dollars 
per  day,  as  rapidly  as  it  is  possible  to  provide  useful 
employment  for  them,  in  the  order  in  which  their  guesses 
have  been  received. 


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$100,000  PRIZE  FUND. 

SPECIAL  TO  THOSE  WHO  INDIVIDUALLY  MAKE  THE  LARGEST 
SALES  OF  “NEW  ERA,”  THE  GREATEST  BOOK  OF  THE 
AGE. 

The  New  Era  Union  will  deposit  with  some  respon¬ 
sible  trust  company  or  bank,  as  a  special  prize  fund  for 
“New  Era,”  ten  cents  per  copy  for  each  and  every  copy 
sold  up  to  one  million  copies.  As  soon  as  one  million 
copies  shall  have  been  sold,  or  on  the  first  day  of  July, 
1898,  this  prize  fund  will  be  distributed  as  follows: 

In  the  event  of  one  million  copies  of  “New  Era” 
having  been  sold,  there  will  be  awarded 

To  the  person  who  has  sold  the  greatest  number 


of  the  book . $  3,00ft 

To  the  2  persons  who  have  sold  the  next  greatest 

number,  $1,000  each . . .  2,000 

To  the  10  persons  who  have  sold  the  next  great¬ 
est  number,  $500  each .  5,000 

To  the  100  persons  who  have  sold  the  next  great¬ 
est  number,  $250  each .  25,000 

To  the  250  persons  who  have  sold  the  next  great¬ 
est  number,  $100  each .  25,000 

To  the  500  persons  who  have  sold  the  next  great¬ 
est  number,  $50  each . .  25,000 

To  the  1,500  persons  who  have  sold  the  next 

greatest  number,  $10  each .  15,000 


2,303  prizes,  aggregating . $100,000 


In  the  event  that  one  million  copies  of  “New  Era” 
shall  not  have  been  sold  by  the  1st  day  of  July,  1898. 
the  prize  fund,  to  the  extent  of  same  as  it  may  then 
be,  will  be  distributed  among  those  who  individually 
make  the  largest  sales,  in  2,363  prizes,  in  the  pro  rata 
proportion  that  the  prize  fund  may  then  bear  to  $100,000. 

Receipts  in  convenient  book  form  will  be  furnished 
every  agent  and  solicitor,  the  number  of  receipts  given 
out  by  the  New  Era  Union  to  correspond  exactly  with 
the  number  of  books  issued. 

Every  purchaser  of  “New  Era”  must  be  furnished 
with  a  receipt  for  the  money  paid  for  each  and  every  copy 
of  the  book  taken,  in  order  that  the  purchaser  may  be 


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able  to  compete  for  the  prizes  in  the  purchasers’  prize 
fund  of  $100,000,  as  described  in  the  accompanying  cir¬ 
cular  letter  to  all  purchasers  of  the  book. 

The  stubs  of  each  receipt  should  be  filled  out  to 
correspond  with  the  receipt  given,  and  the  name  of  the 
agent  or  solicitor  selling  the  book  should  be  distinctly 
written  or  stamped  on  each  stub,  with  the  address  of 
the  agent  or  solicitor.  Agents  and  solicitors  will  be  re¬ 
quired  to  return  all  stubs  and  unused  receipts  to  the 
office  of  the  New  Era  Union,  203-204  California  building, 
Denver,  Colo.,  before  the  distribution  of  the  prize  fund. 

The  basis  of  distribution  of  this  prize  fund  will  be 
the  stubs  returned;  those  showing  by  these  stubs  the 
largest  sales  will  be  awarded  the  prizes  on  the  condi¬ 
tions  named  above. 

Agents  and  solicitors  taking  books  for  sale  must  pay 
for  the  same  at  $1  per  copy,  less  the  discount. 

Agents  and  solicitors  will  be  provided  with  copies  of 
the  circular  letter  to  purchasers,  for  distribution  to  all 
purchasers  of  this  book,  and  to  such  further  extent  as 
may  seem  desirable. 


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SPECIAL  TO  NEWSPAPERS. 

All  newspapers  in  the  United  States,  especially  the 
great  dailies  of  our  large  cities,  that  desire  that  peace, 
happiness  and  prosperity  for  all  human  beings  shall  be 
realized  here  in  the  United  States,  are  appealed  to,  to 
consider  carefully  the  plans  of  the  New  Era  Union  and 
to  help  in  every  manner  possible,  their  realization. 

We  submit  that  in  no  better  way  can  this  be  done 
at  first  than  by  giving  as  much  favorable  publicity,  as 
can  be,  to  the  book  “New  Era,”  which  presents  the  plans 
for  the  New  Era  Union  in  detail,  and  the  profits  of  the 
sale  of  which  accrue  to  the  New  Era  Union. 

To  award  those  dailies  that  will  assist  in  this  im¬ 
portant  work,  a  prize  fund  for  newspapers  will  be  estab¬ 
lished  and  awarded  as  detailed  below. 

The  New  Era  Union  will  deposit  with  some  re¬ 
sponsible  trust  company  or  bank,  as  a  special  prize  fund 
for  newspapers,  five  cents  per  cop}’  for  each  and  every 
copy  of  “New  Era”  sold  up  to  one  million  copies.  As 
soon  as  one  million  copies  shall  have  been  sold,  or  on 
the  1st  day  of  July,  1898,  this  prize  fund  will  be  dis¬ 
tributed  as  follows:  In  the  event  of  one  million  copies 
of  “New  Era”  having  been  sold,  there  will  be  awarded: 

To  the  newspaper  printing  the  greatest  amount  of 
space  making  favorable  mention  of  the  book 
“New  Era,”  and  of  the  plans  of  the  New  Era 
Union,  up  to  the  time  of  awarding  the  prizes. $10, 000 


To  the  newspaper  printing  the  next  greatest 


amount  of  such  matter  .  . 

5.000 

To 

the  newspaper  printing 
amount  of  such  matter.  . 

the 

next 

greatest 

3,000 

To 

the  newspaper  printing 
amount  of  such  matter. 

the 

next 

greatest 

2,000 

To 

the  5  newspapers  printing  the  next 
amount  of  such  matter,  $1,000  each. 

greatest 

5,000 

To  the  10  newspapers  printing  the  next  greatest ^ 

amount  of  such  matter,  $500  each . *  5,000 

To  the  100  newspapers  printing  the  next  greatest 

amount  of  such  matter,  $100  each .  10,000 

To  the  200  newspapers  printing  the  next  greatest 

amount  of  such  matter,  $50  each .  10,000 

319  prizes,  aggregating . $50,000 


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In  the  event  that  one  million  copies  of  “New  Era” 
shall  not  have  been  sold  by  the  first  day  of  July,  1898, 
this  prize  fund,  to  the  extent  of  same  as  it  may  then 
be.  will  be  distributed  among  the  newspapers  upon  the 
foregoing  plan,  in  three  hundred  and  nineteen  prizes,  in 
the  pro  rata  proportion  that  the  prize  fund  may  then 
bear  to  $50,000. 

A  committee  from  the  managers  of  the  leading  daily 
newspapers  will  award  the  prizes  from  this  fund. 


THE  NEW  ERA  UNION 

.  .  .  OBJECT  .  .  . 

TO  HELP  DEVELOP  AND  UTILIZE  THE 

BEST  RESOURCES  OF  THIS  COUNTRY 

ALSO  TO  EMPLOY  THE  BEST  SKILL  THERE  IS  AVAILABLE  TO  REALIZE  THE  HIGHEST  DEGREE  OF 
PROSPERITY  THAT  IS  POSSIBLE  FOR  ALL  WHO  WILL  HELP  TO  ATTAIN  IT. 

OFFICE,  204  CALIFORNIA  BUILDING. 

Denver,  Colo.,  Sept.  25,  1597. 

Dear  Sir  or  Madam — There  have  been  times  in  the 
history  of  this  world  when  the  people  were  ready  for  a 
radical  change  from  their  former  habits  and  customs  to 
better  ones. 

By  wars,  revolutions,  the  crusades,  convulsions  of 
nature  or  the  leadership  of  broad-minded,  practical  men 
and  women,  the  human  race  has  developed  from  the 
molten  mass  of  which  this  earth  was  originally  com¬ 
posed  to  its  present  state.  I  have  given  much  earnest 
study  to  the  problems  of  life  as  they  confront  us  to-day, 
and  it  seems  to  me  that  it  is  possible  to  take  a  decided 
step  in  the  direction  of  a  more  humane  and  congenial 
social  and  industrial  way  of  living  than  that  in  vogue 
to-day. 

To  present  an  ideal  for  the  people  to  think  and  talk 
about,  I  have  written  the  book  called  “The  New  Era,”  in 
which  I  present  plans  for  a  grand  model  city  to  be  built 
and  operated  on  a  broad  system  of  cooperation  for  the 
good  of  all. 

Having  had  considerable  practical  business  experi¬ 
ence,  I  fully  realize  that  even  so  desirable  an  ideal  as  this 
can  not  be  attained  until  the  people  are  trained  and  or¬ 
ganized  to  accomplish  it. 

I  am  now  ready  to  do  all  in  my  power  to  help  the 
people  of  this  country  realize  better  conditions  for  them¬ 
selves  along  practical  business  lines,  and  my  plan  to 
begin  with  is  this:  Incorporate  in  each  state  a  company 
to  legally  conform  to  present  conditions  for  doing  busi¬ 
ness,  secure  a  block  of  land  as  near  tin*  centre  of  the 
largest  city  in  the  state  as  it  is  possible  to  get;  build  on 
this  block  the  most  complete  modern  building  for  hotel, 
offices  and  department  store  and  emporium  that  the  re¬ 
sources  at  hand  will  permit  of;  operate  the  departments 
in  this  building,  and  as  many  of  the  desirable  industries 
as  possible,  to  enable  the  people  working  for  the  com¬ 
pany  to  become  self-supporting  to  the  highest  extent  they 
are  capable  of. 


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To  come  right  to  the  point,  and  to  make  a  proposition 
for  you  to  say  yes  or  no  to,  I  submit  the  following: 

Will  you  help,  as  far  as  you  can,  to  secure  the 
nearest  to  a  block  of  land  in  the  most  central  part  of  the 
leading  city  of  your  state  that  is  available?  Have  a 
competent  architect  prepare  plans  for  the  finest  building 
that  modern  skill  and  resources  can  build.  The  building 
to  be  built  of  local  material  as  far  as  possible,  of  the  very 
best  quality,  so  that  it  will  be  a  permanent  advertisement 
of  your  state  resources,  and  a  source  of  pride  to  every 
citizen  of  the  state.  Have  the  lower  or  basement  floor  for 
machinery,  laundry,  kitchen,  storage,  etc.;  main  or  ground 
floor,  complete  department  store  with  everything  desir¬ 
able  for  sale,  and  also  to  be  an  emporium  to  show  all  of 
your  state  resources  and  productions  to  the  best  advant¬ 
age.  Also  have  a  grand  auditorium,  as  large  as  possible, 
for  conventions,  etc.,  but  so  arranged  that  popular  con¬ 
certs,  lectures  and  other  attractions  can  be  given  nightly 
to  draw  the  largest  number  of  people.  On  the  second 
floor  have  modern  offices  for  all  professions  and  commer¬ 
cial  people,  and  above,  for  a  number  of  floors,  a  com¬ 
plete  modern  hotel. 

The  building  to  be  built  and  operated  by  a  local  New 
Era  Union  company,  on  the  line  suggested  in  the  Denver 
News  of  September  3,  reprinted  in  the  Introductory, 
which  I  request  you  to  carefully  read. 

First  and  second  mortgage  bonds  would  be  issued 
on  the  plant  itself  to  secure  funds  to  build  it,  and  mem¬ 
berships  and  profits  of  the  New  Era  Union  would  create 
an  asset  to  retire  them  with. 

Please  carefully  consider  and  kindly  write  me  what 
you  think  of  the  plan,  and  oblige. 


Yours  sincerely. 


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B.  0.  Tlowtr 
Trtdcrick  Upham  Hdams 


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B.  0.  ?lcu*r,  Suricn  D,  Bonca,  man. 
m  flspiawali  Hrc,  Brockline,  mao. 


A  MAGAZINE  OF  SOCIAL  PROGRESS 

CHARLES  H.  KERR  &  COMPANY 
Publish*™ 

CHICAGO  AND  BOSTON 


Boston,  Mass.,  September  18,  1897. 


Mr.  Cbas.  W.  Caryl, 

Denver,  Colo. 

My  Dear  Friend: - 

I  have  received  the  pamphlet  describing  the  work 
you  are  doing  for  the  New  Era  Union. 

I  am  rejoiced  to  know  you  have  some  definite  prospect  favorable 
to  ihe  establishment  of  the  model  city  and  the  New  Era  Union,  and  I 
thank  you  are  very  wise  in  seeking  to  bring  capitalists  and  intelli¬ 
gent  workingmen  together  ,f or  their  mutual  benefit. 

there  can  be  but  one  outcome  of  the  present  war  between  labor 
and  capital  with  its  daily  increasing  bitterness,  and  that  is  the 
wholesale  destruction  of  life  and  property  in  the  near  future. 

To  avert  this  and  yet  secure  justice  for  the  people  thereby 
raising  the  standard  of  life  and  ideals  among  both  rich  and  poor 
should  be  the  first  concern  of  enlightened  manhood. 

If  the  great  possibilities  of  your  noble  undertaking  can  be 
practically  brought  home  to  tne  serious  consideration  of  wealthy 
people  I  am  convinced  that  their  sagacity  will  show  them  the  wisdom 
of  liberally  contributing  a  portion  of  their  means  for  furthering 
your  practical  undertaking. 

It  is  a  work  which  must  appeal  to  the  business  judgment  as  well 
as  every  noble  impulse  among  thoughtful  people  of  means,  and  it 
would  be  a  great  thing  for  the  State  of  Colorado  if  she  should  enjoy 
the  proud  distinction  of  inaugurating  this  work,  which  under  the 
plans  of  the  New  Era  Union  would  inevitably  attract  at  an  early  date 
ihe  attention  of  the  whole  civilized  world. 

Keep  me  advised  from  time  to  time  of  your  progress. 

Cordially  and  sincerelv  yours, 


(FROM  JULY  NUMBER  OF  ORES  AND  METALS.) 


WALL  STREET  CAMP. 

A  FIELD  OF  EXTENSIVE  DEVELOPMENT  AT  PRESENT— THE 
SUGAR  LOAF-FOUR  MILE  DISTRICTS  TO  BE  PUSHED  BY 
A  GREAT  TUNNEL  SYSTEM— A  RICH  TREASURE  VAULT 
CREDITED  WITH  AN  OUTPUT  OF  MILLIONS  TO  BE 
TAPPED. 

Since  the  early  days  of  placer  mining  in  Four  Mile, 
when  thousands  of  dollars’  worth  of  gold  were  secured 
by  washing  the  gravel  in  the  bed  of  the  creek,  more  or 
less  prospecting  has  occurred  with  a  view  to  locating 
the  ore  chutes  in  the  rich  veins  that  have  been  found 
at  intervals  for  the  past  twenty-five  years.  As  a  whole, 
however,  the  district  has  never  been  systematically  ex¬ 
ploited,  in  spite  of  the  rich  finds  like  the  Melvina, 
Pine  Forest,  Livingstone,  Emerson,  Ingram,  Richmond, 
Golden  Eagle,  Victoria  and  others,  which  are  credited 
with  a  production  running  into  millions  of  dollars,  and 
served  to  keep  alive  a  certain  amount  of  interest  through 
many  periods  of  depression.  A  few  conspicuous  ex¬ 
amples  of  the  value  of  this  particular  locality  for  ex¬ 
tensive  development  may  be  cited;  the  accredited  pro¬ 
duction  of  the  Melvina  above  the  four-hundred-foot  level 
of  $750,000;  the  Ingram.  Richmond,  Cash,  Horsfal  and 
Victoria,  fully  $1,000,000,  and  the  famous  Slide  and  Prus¬ 
sian  mines  on  the  other  side  of  Gold  hill,  as  much 
more. 

The  formation  is  a  combination  of  fissures  and  con¬ 
tacts,  the  ore  occurrences  being  as  a  rule  against  or 
along  the  line  of  some  of  the  numerous  dikes,  quartzite, 
spar,  lime  and  granite,  which  plainly  mark  the  course  of 
the  veins  for  miles.  The  whole  mountain  metween  Four 
Mile  and  Gold  Run.  which  includes  Sugar  Loaf,  a  part 
of  Gold  hill  and  Melvina  hill,  appears  to  be  heavily 
mineralized.  The  mineral  has  usually  been  found  largely 
associated  with  tellurium  in  its  various  forms.  In  the 
Melvina  and  Emerson  it  has  not  been  uncommon  to 
secure  considerable  quantities  of  ore  running  up  to  fifty 
dollars  a  pound.  The  same  character  of  ore  has  also 
been  found  in  the  Great  Britain  into  which  the  Emer¬ 
son  chute  is  absorbed.  These  rich  streaks  have  always 
been  found  in  connection  with  bodies  of  low  grades, 
ranging  from  fifteen  to  thirty  dollars  a  ton.  and  have  de- 


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moralized  the  owners  of  properties  who,  in  their  eager¬ 
ness  to  secure  the  rich  pockets,  have  ignored  an}'  per¬ 
sistent  attempts  to  develop  and  ship  the  low  grades. 
This,  of  course,  has  been  largely  due  to  the  difficulties 
in  the  way  of  transportation  and  high  treatment  charges, 
that  have  made  it  impossible  to  ship  anything  less  than 
fifty  to  seventy-five-dollar  ore  at  a  profit. 

The  improved  methods  of  ore  reduction  that  have 
come  into  vogue  within  the  past  few  years,  as  well  as 
the  greatly  reduced  cost  of  mining  supplies  and  mining, 
have  stimulated  work  in  a  great  many  old  properties,  and 
in  Four  Mile  particularly,  ushered  in 

A  NEW  ERA  OF  ACTIVITY. 

This  latter  has,  however,  been  largely  the  work  of 
one  man,  Mr.  Charles  W.  Caryl,  who,  after  making  a 
careful  examination  of  different  parts  of  Colorado,  was 
struck  with  the  dormant  possibilities  of  the  section 
named.  Accordingly,  after  satisfying  himself  by  numer¬ 
ous  tests  of  the  ore  and  securing  the  opinions  of  the 
oldest  prospectors  as  to  the  character  of  veins  and  values 
to  be  found  with  proper  development,  he  went  East,  and 
being  fortunate  enough  to  be  in  touch  with  Wall  street 
capital,  organized,  on  a  $5,000,000  capital,  The  Gold  Ex¬ 
traction  Mining  and  Supply  Company.  Unlike  most 
promoters,  he  placed  a  block  of  the  stock  with  two  or 
three  persons  and  securing  an  ample  working  capital, 
without  putting  the  stock  on  the  market  or  offering  it 
for  sale  in  a  general  way. 

Returning  here  last  fall  he  began  quietly  to  buy 
and  locate  properties  covering  the  eastern  slope  of  Wood 
mountain,  and  south  slopes  of  Melvina  and  Gold  hills. 
In  this  work  he  was  assisted  by  the  struggling  pros¬ 
pectors,  who  for  years,  with  large  faith  and  little  cash, 
had  been  holding  on  to  their  properties,  selling  a  batch 
of  ore  occasionally,  and  working  like  beavers  as  they 
could  to  get  money  when  they  were  out  of  “pay.”  Mr. 
Caryl  believed  that  every  such  man  who  was  willing  to 
sell  all  or  a  great  part  of  his  property  to  a  strong  com¬ 
pany,  with  the  willingness  and  ability  to  develop  it, 
ought  to  be  encouraged.  He  has  accordingly  organized 
a  mammoth  scheme  of  development  by  means  of  a  tun¬ 
nel,  which  will  cut  over  one  hundred  claims  at  depths 
varying  from  one  hundred  to  one  thousand  feet  from 
surface.  In  every  instance  where  the  original  owners 
wished  to  do  so,  they  have  been  paid  a  certain  amount 
in  cash  and  a  given  amount  of  stock  in  the  company. 
In  addition,  they  have  been  put  to  work  on  day’s  pay, 
three  dollars  for  eight  hours’  work,  to  assist  in  develop¬ 
ing  their  property.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  scheme 


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is  an  ideal  cooperative  affair  and  The  Gold  Extraction 
Mining  and  Supply  Company  lias  thus  infused  an  activity 
into  that  section  which  seems  based  on  a  solid  founda¬ 
tion  and  is  in  no  sense  a  boom,  though  the  effect  of  the 
few  weeks’  work  already  done  has  been  to  greatly  en¬ 
hance  values  of  mining  claims.  It  has  also  had  the  effect 
of  bringing  a  number  of  prospectors  into  the  camp,  who 
are  hustling  to  secure  claims  before  they  are  all  gone. 


THE  PLAN  OF  DEVELOPMENT. 

The  outline  of  the  plan  of  the  company  can  be  best 
studied  by  an  examination  of  the  cut  of  the  cross  sec¬ 
tion  and  profile  of  the  mountain  reproduced  herewith. 
The  ideal  projection  of  the  known  veins  shows  how  the 
line  of  the  tunnel  crosses  them,  as  well  as  the  phenomena 
of  ore  occurrences  therein.  The  great  network  of  min¬ 
eralized  veins  shown  by  surface  locations  will  be  un¬ 
questionably  augmented  by  cutting  blind  veins  that 
have  not  been  reached  from  or  discovered  on  surface. 
In  a  number  of  instances,  notably  on  the  Pride  of 
Orange,  Grand  View,  Tornado  and  others  Delonging  to 
this  company,  arrangements  are  being  rapidly  perfected 
for  extensive  development  from  the  surface.  Hoisting 
plants  are  being  installed  and  it  is  expected  that  at  least 
half  a  dozen  shipping  mines  will  be  turning  meir  product 
into  the  treasury  long  before  the  tunnel  below  shall  have 
reached  their  boundaries. 

The  property  of  The  Gold  Extraction  Mining  and 
Supply  Company  consists  of  over  one  hundred  claims, 
of  which  sixty  are  in  this  locality,  and  the  remainder  in 
and  around  Sunset,  Sawmill  hill  and  Ward.  Some  of 
these  are  practically  shippers,  since  machinery  to  take 
care  of  the  water  is  only  necessary  to  enable  them  to 
hoist  ore  even  with  present  development.  In  addition, 
they  own  the  old  Colley  place,  a  patented  property  of 
seven  acres,  on  Four  Mile  creek,  Sugar  Loaf  district, 
on  which  is  a  comfortable  two-storv  house  that  has  been 
renovated  inside  and  out  and  occupied  as  an  office  and 
boarding  house.  Commodious  barns  furnish  ample  ac¬ 
commodations  for  the  teams  and  company  stock. 

Ground  has  also  been  broken  for  a  store,  assay  office 
and  boarding  house  for  the  miners.  A  daily  stage  line, 
whose  termini  are  Boulder  and  Sunset,  passes  the  door, 
carrying  passengers  and  mail. 

The  survey  of  the  new  Inter  Mountain  railway  to 
Ward  also  passes  along  within  a  few  hundred  feet  of 
the  office  of  the  company  and  the  mouth  of  the  great 
tunnel.  The  building  of  this  road,  which  seems  reason¬ 
ably  assured  at  this  writing,  will  mean  a  freight  charge 
for  hauling  ore  to  Boulder  of  less  than  fifty  cents  a  ton. 


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It  is  not  unlikely,  however,  that  the  mining  company 
will  at  the  proper  time  erect  a  mill  for  the  dressing  and 
treatment  of  their  own  ores.  They  own  a  mill  site  below 
the  mouth  of  the  Wall  Street  tunnel  and  another  across 
the  creek,  on  which  is  already  a  small  mill. 


The  above  reference  to  the  gold  mining 
properties  of  The  Gold  Extraction  Mining  & 
supply  Company  is  made,  because  all  these 
properties  have  been  secured  with  the  sole 
purpose  of  working  them  for  the  benefit  of 
the  New  Era  Union. 

Many  thousands  of  dollars  have  already 
been  spent  in  developing  these  gold  mines, 
and  when  the  Wall  Street  tunnel  is  completed 
there  is  every  reason  to  believe  the  gold  out¬ 
put  from  ti  ese  mines  will  amount  to  many 
millions  of  dollars. 


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